dirigisme
\di.ʁi.ʒism\
The verdict
“dirigisme” is uncommon French (frequency #86,614 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,614
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Système dans lequel l’État dirige l’économie du pays ou influe sur son orientation, sans sortir du cadre de l’économie capitaliste.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dirigisme · dirigisme · French
dirigisme · rank #86,614 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,614
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH dificile
Nearest frequency peer: dificile (-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 « dirigisme »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- dictant
dictant
13,390 corpus weight
- Diekirch
Diekirch
13,389 corpus weight
- dificile
dificile
13,388 corpus weight
- dirigisme
dirigisme
13,387 corpus weight
- disert
disert
13,386 corpus weight
- dispendieus…
dispendieuses
13,385 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « dirigisme » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dirigisme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \di.ʁi.ʒism\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #86,614 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dirigisme » en français
Rare enough to double-check
dirigisme is uncommon French at frequency #86,614 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \di.ʁi.ʒism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
dirigisme has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is dirigisme, spelled D-I-R-I-G-I-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Système dans lequel l’État dirige l’économie du pays ou influe sur son orientation, sans sortir du cadre de l’économie capitaliste.
- 2Orientation donnée par l’État dans différents domaines.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dirigisme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le dirigisme et le néo-libéralisme avaient une vision plus profonde et donc aussi plus critique des défaillances répétées du système économique et ils considéraient tous deux que l’instabilité était avant tout liée à des perturbations dans l’allocation des ressources, sous l’effet de la mutation des structures productives et des comportements concurrentiels.
Dirigisme culturel.
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).