éclectisme

\e.klɛk.tism\

/\e.klɛk.tism\/ noun

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The verdict

“éclectisme” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,698. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,698
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Philosophie éclectique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-eclectisme · éclectisme · French

éclectisme · rank #42,698 · 16 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #42,698
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH éclairci

Nearest frequency peer: éclairci (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « éclectisme »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « éclectisme » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

éclectisme vs éclectique
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for éclectisme
PropertyValue
Headwordéclectisme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.klɛk.tism\
Letters10
Frequency rank#42,698
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « éclectisme »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.éclectismese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « éclairci » (#42,697), « écroué » (#42,699), « ébéniste » (#42,696). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « éclectisme » est au #42,698. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around éclectisme (IPA \e.klɛk.tism\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,698 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for éclectisme, with forms such as "célectisme", "eclectisme", and "écclectisme". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "éclectique", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 éclectisme, spelled É-C-L-E-C-T-I-S-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Philosophie éclectique.
  2. 2
    Disposition d’esprit qui consiste à se garder de toute vue étroite et systématique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L'orientation des esprits change à peine deux fois par siècle. La philosophie universitaire, par exemple, ayant secoué la tradition de l'éclectisme, explique depuis cela le catéchisme de Koenigsberg et récuse toute idée nouvelle.
  2. Or, ce qui manque à l’éclectisme, c'est justement une base scientifique et positive; et ses prétendus dogmes ne sont pas moins arbitraires et cérébrins que les dogmes des églises.

This word in other languages

eclecticism(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • célectisme
  • eclectisme
  • écclectisme
  • écelctisme
  • éclcetisme
  • éclecctisme
  • éclecitsme
  • éclectimse
  • éclectisem
  • éclectismme
  • éclectissme
  • éclectsime
  • éclecttisme
  • écletcisme
  • écllectisme
  • élcectisme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of éclectisme - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

célectisme2eclectisme1écclectisme1écelctisme2éclcetisme2éclecctisme1éclecitsme2éclectimse2
Edit distance from "éclectisme"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "éclectisme"?
"éclectisme" is spelled É-C-L-E-C-T-I-S-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \e.klɛk.tism\.
What does "éclectisme" mean?
As a noun, "éclectisme" means: Philosophie éclectique.
What words are commonly confused with "éclectisme"?
"éclectisme" is commonly confused with "éclectique". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "éclectisme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "éclectisme" is \e.klɛk.tism\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "éclectisme" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "éclectisme", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

accablante#42,714virulentes#42,681alléchante#42,726urgentiste#42,669

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

équilibrées16 variantsalternateur16 variantsamérindienne16 variantsantiraciste16 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list