empirisme
\ɑ̃.pi.ʁism\
The verdict
“empirisme” is uncommon French (frequency #57,913 among 201,161 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,913
- frequency rank, French
- 201,161
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Système de philosophie dans lequel l’origine de nos connaissances est uniquement attribuée à l’expérience.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | empirisme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.pi.ʁism\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #57,913 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “empirisme” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
empirisme is uncommon French at frequency #57,913 among 201,161 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.pi.ʁism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
empirisme has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is empirisme, spelled E-M-P-I-R-I-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Système de philosophie dans lequel l’origine de nos connaissances est uniquement attribuée à l’expérience.
- 2Pratique de la médecine exercée sans connaissances théoriques et fondée sur la seule expérience.
- 3Toute méthode qui prétend ne s’appuyer que sur l’expérience.
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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Using “empirisme”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is E-M-P-I-R-I-S-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɑ̃.pi.ʁism\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.