charlatanisme

\ʃaʁ.la.ta.nism\

/\ʃaʁ.la.ta.nism\/ noun

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The verdict

“charlatanisme” is uncommon French (frequency #55,132 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,132
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Manière d’être ou d’agir propre à un charlatan.

Corpus desk

Index FR-charlatanisme · charlatanisme · French

charlatanisme · rank #55,132 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,132
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH charentais

Nearest frequency peer: charentais (-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 « charlatanisme »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for charlatanisme
PropertyValue
Headwordcharlatanisme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃaʁ.la.ta.nism\
Letters13
Frequency rank#55,132
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « charlatanisme » en français

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

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « charentais » (#55,131), « Charonne » (#55,133), « chaudasse » (#55,134). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « charlatanisme » est au #55,132. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

charlatanisme is uncommon French at frequency #55,132 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃaʁ.la.ta.nism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for charlatanisme, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is charlatanisme, spelled C-H-A-R-L-A-T-A-N-I-S-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Manière d’être ou d’agir propre à un charlatan.
  2. 2
    Proposition, de la part d'un professionnel de santé, d'un faux remède ou d'un procédé illusoire, supposée pouvoir traiter un patient.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. « Excepté mes pauvres républicains attaqués de folie, je ne vois rien d’estimable dans le monde ; il entre du charlatanisme dans tous les mérites de ma connaissance. Ceux-ci sont peut-être fous : mais, du moins, ils ne sont pas bas. »
  2. Le charlatanisme est insolent et corrupteur, et il a donné de tels exemples dans notre siècle et a mené si grand bruit du tambour et de la baguette sur la place publique, qu’il s’est glissé dans toute profession, et qu’il n’y a si petit homme qu’il n’ait gonflé. — Le nombre est incalculable des grenouilles qui crèvent.

This word in other languages

quackery(English)Scharlatanerie(Deutsch)

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 "charlatanisme"?
"charlatanisme" is spelled C-H-A-R-L-A-T-A-N-I-S-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃaʁ.la.ta.nism\.
What does "charlatanisme" mean?
As a noun, "charlatanisme" means: Manière d’être ou d’agir propre à un charlatan.
How do you pronounce "charlatanisme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "charlatanisme" is \ʃaʁ.la.ta.nism\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list