chauvinisme

\ʃo.vi.nism\

/\ʃo.vi.nism\/ noun

The verdict

“chauvinisme” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,061. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,061
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
16
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sentiment de celui qui est chauvin (très patriote), le comportement qui en découle.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chauvinisme · chauvinisme · French

chauvinisme · rank #46,061 · 16 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,061
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH charnier

Nearest frequency peer: charnier (-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 « chauvinisme »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « chauvinisme » 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 chauvinisme
PropertyValue
Headwordchauvinisme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃo.vi.nism\
Letters11
Frequency rank#46,061
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chauvinisme »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).chauvinismese 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 « charnier » (#46,060), « chevauchement » (#46,062), « Charline » (#46,059). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chauvinisme » est au #46,061. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around chauvinisme (IPA \ʃo.vi.nism\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,061 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Sentiment de celui qui est chauvin (très patriote), le comportement qui en découle.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for chauvinisme, with forms such as "cahuvinisme", "cchauvinisme", and "chauivnisme". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is chauvinisme, spelled C-H-A-U-V-I-N-I-S-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sentiment de celui qui est chauvin (très patriote), le comportement qui en découle.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Toutefois il nous semble qu’il entre dans les raisonnements de certains éléments intransigeants espagnols moins de raisons pratiques que de chauvinisme inquiet et que précisément ce chauvinisme ne nous est guère favorable.
  2. À l’antisémitisme politique s’associe immanquablement l’antisémitisme religieux : le chauvinisme exploite le fanatisme et le fanatisme se fait le paravent du chauvinisme.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahuvinisme
  • cchauvinisme
  • chauivnisme
  • chauviinsme
  • chauvinimse
  • chauvinisem
  • chauvinismme
  • chauvinissme
  • chauvinnisme
  • chauvinsime
  • chauvniisme
  • chauvvinisme
  • chavuinisme
  • chhauvinisme
  • chuavinisme
  • hcauvinisme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chauvinisme - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

cahuvinisme2cchauvinisme1chauivnisme2chauviinsme2chauvinimse2chauvinisem2chauvinismme1chauvinissme1
Edit distance from "chauvinisme"

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 "chauvinisme"?
"chauvinisme" is spelled C-H-A-U-V-I-N-I-S-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃo.vi.nism\.
What does "chauvinisme" mean?
As a noun, "chauvinisme" means: Sentiment de celui qui est chauvin (très patriote), le comportement qui en découle.
What are common misspellings of "chauvinisme"?
Common misspellings include "cahuvinisme", "cchauvinisme", "chauivnisme", "chauviinsme", "chauvinimse". The correct spelling is "chauvinisme".
How do you pronounce "chauvinisme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chauvinisme" is \ʃo.vi.nism\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chauvinisme" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list