charisme

/\ka.ʁism\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,339

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

charisme is aFrenchnoun. It means: Don exceptionnel ou grâce, accordé par Dieu à une ou plusieurs personnes, comme le don de guérison, l'aptitude à « parler plusieurs langues », etc., non pour le bien de soi, mais pour le bien de tous. Pronounced \ka.ʁism\. Often confused with charme and charité.

Key facts for charisme
PropertyValue
Headwordcharisme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.ʁism\
Letters8
Frequency rank#13,339
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of charisme in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for charisme is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ka.ʁism\. Corpus data places it at rank #13,339 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for charisme, with forms such as "cahrisme", "ccharisme", and "chairsme". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "charme", "charité", "clarisse", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is charisme, spelled C-H-A-R-I-S-M-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Don exceptionnel ou grâce, accordé par Dieu à une ou plusieurs personnes, comme le don de guérison, l'aptitude à « parler plusieurs langues », etc., non pour le bien de soi, mais pour le bien de tous.
  2. 2
    Depuis 1971, désigne le caractère collectif de cette qualité appliquée à un institut, une communauté ou une congrégation religieuse.
  3. 3
    Aura indéfinissable, talent que semble posséder quelqu’un, souvent lié à sa prestance, qui est capable de susciter l’adhésion, la fascination d’un grand nombre de personnes.
  4. 4
    À Donjons & Dragons, et d’autres jeux de rôle, caractéristique (valeur chiffrée) représentant la capacité d’un personnage à influencer les autres, à les mettre en confiance, par son éloquence et son comportement.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cahrisme,ccharisme,chairsme,charimse,charisem,charismme,charissme,charrisme,charsime,chharisme,chraisme,hcarisme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for charisme

Misspelling Variants of "charisme"

cahrisme8ccharisme9chairsme8charimse8charisem8charismme9charissme9charrisme9
Misspelling Variants of "charisme"

Frequency rank: #13,339 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "charisme"?
"charisme" is spelled C-H-A-R-I-S-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.ʁism\.
What does "charisme" mean?
As a noun, "charisme" means: Don exceptionnel ou grâce, accordé par Dieu à une ou plusieurs personnes, comme le don de guérison, l'aptitude à « parler plusieurs langues », etc., non pour le bien de soi, mais pour le bien de tous.
What words are commonly confused with "charisme"?
"charisme" is commonly confused with "charme", "charité", "clarisse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "charisme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "charisme" is \ka.ʁism\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "charisme" come from?
"charisme" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.