caractérologie
French, noun/ka.ʁak.te.ʁɔ.lɔ.ʒi/
caractérologie is spelled C-A-R-A-C-T-É-R-O-L-O-G-I-E (14 letters) and appears about once in every 33 million words in written French, the 184,024th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caractérologie is a French feminine noun meaning “characterology” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ancienne branche de la psychologie qui avait pour objet l’étude du caractère psychologique, abandonnée par la…”.
What does caractérologie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecharacterology
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ancienne branche de la psychologie qui avait pour objet l’étude du caractère psychologique, abandonnée par la recherche expérimentale dans les années 1970.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of caractérologie
- caractérologies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caractérologie?
- /ka.ʁak.te.ʁɔ.lɔ.ʒi/
- \ka.ʁak.te.ʁɔ.lɔ.ʒi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is caractérologie in French?
caractérologie appears about once in every 33 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).