classisme
\kla.sism\
The verdict
“classisme” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Discrimination fondée sur la classe sociale.
Corpus desk
Index FR-classisme · classisme · French
classisme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | classisme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kla.sism\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « classisme » en français
Rare enough to double-check
classisme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kla.sism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Discrimination fondée sur la classe sociale.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for classisme in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is classisme, spelled C-L-A-S-S-I-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Discrimination fondée sur la classe sociale.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how classisme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans les années 70 et 80, les « théories de la reproduction » de la société à travers la ségrégation sociale qu’opèrent l’école et l’université (ce que nous désignons ici comme un classisme sociologique), vont devenir idéologie de « la formation pour tous ».
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.