brutalisme

\bʁy.ta.lism\

/\bʁy.ta.lism\/ noun

The verdict

“brutalisme” 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) - Mouvement littéraire faisant une description brutale de la réalité.

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Index FR-brutalisme · brutalisme · French

brutalisme · 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.

Key facts for brutalisme
PropertyValue
Headwordbrutalisme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bʁy.ta.lism\
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « brutalisme » en français

brutalismereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

brutalisme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bʁy.ta.lism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mouvement littéraire faisant une description brutale de la réalité.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for brutalisme, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 brutalisme, spelled B-R-U-T-A-L-I-S-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mouvement littéraire faisant une description brutale de la réalité.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La brutalité dans son esprit est un mode de persuasion : le réalisme décrit, le brutalisme doit convaincre.
  2. On y discernait déjà, outre les éléments du réalisme de 1857, quelques tendances naturalistes : une note brutale (le brutalisme, raillaient les ennemis de « la Rue »), le respect des sciences positives, l’antimilitarisme et les revendications sociales.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "brutalisme"?
"brutalisme" is spelled B-R-U-T-A-L-I-S-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁy.ta.lism\.
What does "brutalisme" mean?
As a noun, "brutalisme" means: Mouvement littéraire faisant une description brutale de la réalité.
How do you pronounce "brutalisme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brutalisme" is \bʁy.ta.lism\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list