bellicisme
\bɛ(l).li.sism\
The verdict
“bellicisme” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Doctrine ou état d'esprit qui prône la guerre, ou encourage l'esprit guerrier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bellicisme · bellicisme · French
bellicisme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bellicisme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɛ(l).li.sism\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
bellicisme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɛ(l).li.sism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Doctrine ou état d'esprit qui prône la guerre, ou encourage l'esprit guerrier.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for bellicisme in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is bellicisme, spelled B-E-L-L-I-C-I-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Doctrine ou état d'esprit qui prône la guerre, ou encourage l'esprit guerrier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bellicisme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’un des buts évidents de ce document est de faire comprendre au Kremlin, prompt à accuser la Géorgie de bellicisme aveugle, que Tbilissi préfère la voie diplomatique à la voix des armes.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.