contractualisme
\kɔ̃.tʁak.tɥa.lism\
The verdict
“contractualisme” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Courant philosophico-politique qui pense l'origine de la société et de l'État comme un contrat entre les hommes, par lequel ceux-ci acceptent une limitation de leur liberté en échange de garanties ...
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Index FR-contractualisme · contractualisme · French
contractualisme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | contractualisme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.tʁak.tɥa.lism\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
contractualisme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ̃.tʁak.tɥa.lism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Courant philosophico-politique qui pense l'origine de la société et de l'État comme un contrat entre les hommes, par lequel ceux-ci acceptent une limitation de leur liberté en échange de garanties ...".
contractualisme has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented 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 contractualisme, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-C-T-U-A-L-I-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Courant philosophico-politique qui pense l'origine de la société et de l'État comme un contrat entre les hommes, par lequel ceux-ci acceptent une limitation de leur liberté en échange de garanties assurant la perpétuation du corps social.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how contractualisme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le contractualisme est un courant qui opposa différentes conceptions philosophiques, notamment celles de Thomas Hobbes et son Léviathan, John Locke et son Traité du gouvernement civil, et Jean-Jacques Rousseau et son Discours sur les origines et les fondements de l'inégalité parmi les hommes.
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.