œcuménisme
\e.ky.me.nism\
The verdict
“œcuménisme” is uncommon French (frequency #68,759 among 21 “Œ” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,759
- frequency rank, French
- 21
- “Œ” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mouvement visant à la réunion de toutes les Églises chrétiennes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cumenisme · œcuménisme · French
œcuménisme · rank #68,759 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,759
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 21
- PHOTO-FINISH éthologie
Nearest frequency peer: éthologie (-3 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 « œcuménisme »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- échangeables
échangeables
31,250 corpus weight
- élancés
élancés
31,248 corpus weight
- érectile
érectile
31,246 corpus weight
- éthologie
éthologie
31,245 corpus weight
- œcuménisme
œcuménisme
31,242 corpus weight
- 4chan
4chan
31,235 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « œcuménisme » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | œcuménisme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.ky.me.nism\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #68,759 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « œcuménisme » en français
Rare enough to double-check
œcuménisme is uncommon French at frequency #68,759 among 21 “Œ” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.ky.me.nism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for œcuménisme, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. 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 œcuménisme, spelled Œ-C-U-M-É-N-I-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Mouvement visant à la réunion de toutes les Églises chrétiennes.
- 2Dialogue entre plusieurs religions.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how œcuménisme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les Interlinghi, assez chrétiens pour tolérer l'origine modeste de la jeune fille, n'auraient pas contrarié son inclination si elle n'avait été juive. L'œcuménisme fondait mystérieusement dès qu'il s'agissait des siens.
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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