centralisme
\sɑ̃.tʁa.lism\
The verdict
“centralisme” is uncommon French (frequency #62,846 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,846
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Doctrine qui prône la prééminence du centre sur la périphérie.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | centralisme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɑ̃.tʁa.lism\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #62,846 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “centralisme” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
centralisme is uncommon French at frequency #62,846 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɑ̃.tʁa.lism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for centralisme, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is centralisme, spelled C-E-N-T-R-A-L-I-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Doctrine qui prône la prééminence du centre sur la périphérie.
- 2Forme d’organisation d’un État où les décisions sont prises au centre (capitale, assemblée, parlement) d’un pays dont les sous-ensembles (régions, départements, provinces, localités, etc.) sont dépendantes financièrement et décisionnellement du niveau national et qui sont quant à eux de simples relais ascendants de l’information (ou de votes) d’une organisation générale descendante.
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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.
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Using “centralisme”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-E-N-T-R-A-L-I-S-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sɑ̃.tʁa.lism\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.