entrisme
\ɑ̃.tʁism\
The verdict
“entrisme” is uncommon French (frequency #84,767 among 201,161 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,767
- frequency rank, French
- 201,161
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Stratégie qui consiste, pour les membres d’une organisation ou d’un parti politique, à entrer collectivement dans une autre organisation concurrente ou proche afin d’y exercer une influence de l’in...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | entrisme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.tʁism\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #84,767 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “entrisme” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
entrisme is uncommon French at frequency #84,767 among 201,161 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.tʁism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stratégie qui consiste, pour les membres d’une organisation ou d’un parti politique, à entrer collectivement dans une autre organisation concurrente ou proche afin d’y exercer une influence de l’in...".
No misspelling variants are generated for entrisme in our index, 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, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is entrisme, spelled E-N-T-R-I-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Stratégie qui consiste, pour les membres d’une organisation ou d’un parti politique, à entrer collectivement dans une autre organisation concurrente ou proche afin d’y exercer une influence de l’intérieur.
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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 “entrisme”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is E-N-T-R-I-S-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɑ̃.tʁism\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.