anticléricalisme

\ɑ̃.ti.kle.ʁi.ka.lism\

/\ɑ̃.ti.kle.ʁi.ka.lism\/ noun

The verdict

“anticléricalisme” is uncommon French (frequency #57,078 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,078
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Opposition à toute immixtion du clergé dans la politique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-anticlericalisme · anticléricalisme · French

anticléricalisme · rank #57,078 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,078
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH ansel

Nearest frequency peer: ansel (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangs de longue queue près de « anticléricalisme »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « anticléricalisme » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for anticléricalisme
PropertyValue
Headwordanticléricalisme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.ti.kle.ʁi.ka.lism\
Letters16
Frequency rank#57,078
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « anticléricalisme » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).anticléricalismetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « ansel » (#57,077), « ants » (#57,079), « angoisser » (#57,076). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « anticléricalisme » est au #57,078. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

anticléricalisme is uncommon French at frequency #57,078 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.ti.kle.ʁi.ka.lism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Opposition à toute immixtion du clergé dans la politique.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for anticléricalisme in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is anticléricalisme, spelled A-N-T-I-C-L-É-R-I-C-A-L-I-S-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Opposition à toute immixtion du clergé dans la politique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how anticléricalisme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. L’époque de l’anticléricalisme actif remonte dans l’Yonne à au moins trente années et nous n’en voyons plus que les suites, marquées par des églises écroulées ou à demi abandonnées.
  2. […] il était enclin à faire siennes les formules d’ordre […] chères aux conservateurs […] Il n’en était séparé que par son anticléricalisme, de bon aloi sans doute mais qu’il prenait soin d’affirmer le plus rarement possible.

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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "anticléricalisme"?
"anticléricalisme" is spelled A-N-T-I-C-L-É-R-I-C-A-L-I-S-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.ti.kle.ʁi.ka.lism\.
What does "anticléricalisme" mean?
As a noun, "anticléricalisme" means: Opposition à toute immixtion du clergé dans la politique.
How do you pronounce "anticléricalisme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anticléricalisme" is \ɑ̃.ti.kle.ʁi.ka.lism\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "anticléricalisme", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 16 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list