catholicisme

\ka.tɔ.li.sism\

/\ka.tɔ.li.sism\/ noun

The verdict

“catholicisme” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,653. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,653
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
18
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ensemble des dogmes, institutions et préceptes de l’Église catholique romaine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-catholicisme · catholicisme · French

catholicisme · rank #10,653 · 18 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,653
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH censés

Nearest frequency peer: censés (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « catholicisme »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « catholicisme » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for catholicisme
PropertyValue
Headwordcatholicisme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.tɔ.li.sism\
Letters12
Frequency rank#10,653
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « catholicisme »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.catholicismese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « censés » (#10,654), « cantine » (#10,651), « chaudière » (#10,655). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « catholicisme » est au #10,653. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around catholicisme (IPA \ka.tɔ.li.sism\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,653 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ensemble des dogmes, institutions et préceptes de l’Église catholique romaine.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for catholicisme, with forms such as "actholicisme", "cahtolicisme", and "cathholicisme". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 catholicisme, spelled C-A-T-H-O-L-I-C-I-S-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ensemble des dogmes, institutions et préceptes de l’Église catholique romaine.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Si leur foi eût été moins superstitieuse et moins puérile, si leurs doctrines eussent été moins imperméables à la raison, ce catholicisme éternel, je verrais dans les hommes que je viens de citer les maîtres les plus dignes de toucher avec des mains pieuses l’âme délicate de la jeunesse.
  2. A. Comte avait fabriqué une caricature du catholicisme, dans laquelle il n’avait conservé que la défroque administrative, policière et hiérarchique de cette Église […]

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • actholicisme
  • cahtolicisme
  • cathholicisme
  • cathloicisme
  • cathoilcisme
  • catholciisme
  • catholiccisme
  • catholicimse
  • catholicisem
  • catholicismme
  • catholicissme
  • catholicsime
  • catholiicsme
  • cathollicisme
  • catohlicisme
  • cattholicisme
  • ccatholicisme
  • ctaholicisme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of catholicisme - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

actholicisme2cahtolicisme2cathholicisme1cathloicisme2cathoilcisme2catholciisme2catholiccisme1catholicimse2
Edit distance from "catholicisme"

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 "catholicisme"?
"catholicisme" is spelled C-A-T-H-O-L-I-C-I-S-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.tɔ.li.sism\.
What does "catholicisme" mean?
As a noun, "catholicisme" means: Ensemble des dogmes, institutions et préceptes de l’Église catholique romaine.
What are common misspellings of "catholicisme"?
Common misspellings include "actholicisme", "cahtolicisme", "cathholicisme", "cathloicisme", "cathoilcisme". The correct spelling is "catholicisme".
How do you pronounce "catholicisme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "catholicisme" is \ka.tɔ.li.sism\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "catholicisme" come from?
"catholicisme" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list