consumérisme
\kɔ̃.sy.me.ʁism\
The verdict
“consumérisme” is uncommon French (frequency #55,849 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,849
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Protection des intérêts du consommateur par des associations.
Corpus desk
Index FR-consumerisme · consumérisme · French
consumérisme · rank #55,849 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,849
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH constructible
Nearest frequency peer: constructible (-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 « consumérisme »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- consistaient
consistaient
44,154 corpus weight
- constructib…
constructible
44,153 corpus weight
- consumérisme
consumérisme
44,152 corpus weight
- contactera
contactera
44,151 corpus weight
- contournent
contournent
44,150 corpus weight
- contradicte…
contradicteur
44,149 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « consumérisme » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | consumérisme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.sy.me.ʁism\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #55,849 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « consumérisme » en français
Rare enough to double-check
consumérisme is uncommon French at frequency #55,849 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ̃.sy.me.ʁism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for consumérisme in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 consumérisme, spelled C-O-N-S-U-M-É-R-I-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Protection des intérêts du consommateur par des associations.
- 2Mode de vie centré sur la consommation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how consumérisme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les entreprises devaient cesser de considérer le consumérisme comme une menace à leurs intérêts, et y trouver plutôt une source de nouvelles possibilités.
Nous employons ici le mot « consumérisme » au sens répandu en sociologie (bien que douteux du point de vue étymologique) qui définit une attitude et un mode de vie centrés sur la consommation. Il ne s’agit donc pas ici du sens, lui aussi courant, qui définit l’« action concertée de consommateurs ».
Synonyms
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); 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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