capitalism

\ˈkæp.ɪ.tᵊl.ɪ.zᵊm\

/\ˈkæp.ɪ.tᵊl.ɪ.zᵊm\/ noun

The verdict

“capitalism” is uncommon French (frequency #76,401 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,401
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capitalisme.

Corpus desk

Index FR-capitalism · capitalism · French

capitalism · rank #76,401 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,401
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH canna

Nearest frequency peer: canna (-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 « capitalism »

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 « capitalism » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for capitalism
PropertyValue
Headwordcapitalism
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈkæp.ɪ.tᵊl.ɪ.zᵊm\
Letters10
Frequency rank#76,401
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « capitalism » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).capitalismtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « canna » (#76,400), « career » (#76,402), « caritatifs » (#76,403). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « capitalism » est au #76,401. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

capitalism is uncommon French at frequency #76,401 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈkæp.ɪ.tᵊl.ɪ.zᵊm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Capitalisme.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for capitalism, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is capitalism, spelled C-A-P-I-T-A-L-I-S-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Capitalisme.

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 "capitalism"?
"capitalism" is spelled C-A-P-I-T-A-L-I-S-M. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈkæp.ɪ.tᵊl.ɪ.zᵊm\.
What does "capitalism" mean?
As a noun, "capitalism" means: Capitalisme.
How do you pronounce "capitalism"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "capitalism" is \ˈkæp.ɪ.tᵊl.ɪ.zᵊm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "capitalism" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list