épicurisme
\e.pi.ky.ʁism\
The verdict
“épicurisme” is uncommon French (frequency #93,425 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,425
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Philosophie, morale et manière de vivre des Épicuriens ou disciples d'Épicure.
Corpus desk
Index FR-epicurisme · épicurisme · French
épicurisme · rank #93,425 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,425
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH éphésiens
Nearest frequency peer: éphésiens (-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 « épicurisme »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- éloignerait
éloignerait
6,579 corpus weight
- épargnerait
épargnerait
6,578 corpus weight
- éphésiens
éphésiens
6,577 corpus weight
- épicurisme
épicurisme
6,576 corpus weight
- équatoriens
équatoriens
6,575 corpus weight
- équilibrant
équilibrant
6,574 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « épicurisme » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | épicurisme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.pi.ky.ʁism\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #93,425 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « épicurisme » en français
Rare enough to double-check
épicurisme is uncommon French at frequency #93,425 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.pi.ky.ʁism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for épicurisme in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is épicurisme, spelled É-P-I-C-U-R-I-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Philosophie, morale et manière de vivre des Épicuriens ou disciples d'Épicure.
- 2Propension à jouir de la vie sans entrave.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how épicurisme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Trois nouveaux courants, fort opposés, s'imposent : l’épicurisme, le stoïcisme et le scepticisme ; leur point commun est l'attention accordée aux questions éthiques, au point que le savoir lui-même se laisse subordonner à cette visée.
Selon l'épicurisme ou du moins selon Lucrèce, l'âme se compose partiellement de particules de feu.
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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