dadaïsme
\da.da.ism\
The verdict
“dadaïsme” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Courant artistique et intellectuel, apparu en 1916, qui remet en cause les conventions et les contraintes du début du XXᵉ siècle (Duchamp, Man Ray, Picabia) sur des supports variés : collage, peint...
Corpus desk
Index FR-dadaisme · dadaïsme · French
dadaïsme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | dadaïsme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \da.da.ism\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dadaïsme” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
dadaïsme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \da.da.ism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Courant artistique et intellectuel, apparu en 1916, qui remet en cause les conventions et les contraintes du début du XXᵉ siècle (Duchamp, Man Ray, Picabia) sur des supports variés : collage, peint...".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for dadaïsme, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is dadaïsme, spelled D-A-D-A-Ï-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Courant artistique et intellectuel, apparu en 1916, qui remet en cause les conventions et les contraintes du début du XXᵉ siècle (Duchamp, Man Ray, Picabia) sur des supports variés : collage, peinture, objet « N’est art que ce que l’artiste dit être de l’art ».
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dadaïsme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Issues de domaines culturels et linguistiques particulièrement chers à Jolas, ces avant-gardes ont fortement influencé transition, qui a aussi bien adopté leur combat pour une vision autre de la « réalité », que la quête spirituelle poursuivie plus particulièrement par le dadaïsme et l’expressionnisme.
This word in other languages
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