cosmodicée

\kɔs.mɔ.di.se\

/\kɔs.mɔ.di.se\/ noun

The verdict

“cosmodicée” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Description logique et morale de l'univers et de ses lois.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cosmodicee · cosmodicée · French

cosmodicée · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 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.

Key facts for cosmodicée
PropertyValue
Headwordcosmodicée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔs.mɔ.di.se\
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cosmodicée » en français

cosmodicéen'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cosmodicée is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔs.mɔ.di.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for cosmodicée in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is cosmodicée, spelled C-O-S-M-O-D-I-C-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Description logique et morale de l'univers et de ses lois.
  2. 2
    Justification de la bonté fondamentale de l’univers, en particulier en ce qui concerne l’existence du mal et de la souffrance dans le monde, au moyen d'un ouvrage ou d'une thèse à cet effet.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Si l’homme ne peut plus être défini par une « idée » ou une « raison » transcendant le monde organique, le monde humain doit être expliqué et reconstruit selon une hypothèse purement physique. Comme l’exprime Edith Düsing : ou bien la théocratie ou bien la « physiocratie », ou bien la téléologie ou bien le règne du hasard, ou bien la théodicée ou bien une…
  2. En un mot, il s’est rendu compte qu’on ne pouvait remplacer, en philosophie, la théodicée par la cosmodicée.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cosmodicée"?
"cosmodicée" is spelled C-O-S-M-O-D-I-C-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔs.mɔ.di.se\.
What does "cosmodicée" mean?
As a noun, "cosmodicée" means: Description logique et morale de l'univers et de ses lois.
How do you pronounce "cosmodicée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cosmodicée" is \kɔs.mɔ.di.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cosmodicée" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list