érotisme

\e.ʁɔ.tism\

/\e.ʁɔ.tism\/ noun

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The verdict

“érotisme” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,936. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,936
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Propriété de dires, gestes, comportements ou tenues qui suggèrent l’amour physique afin de susciter, accompagner ou augmenter le désir sexuel.

Corpus desk

Index FR-erotisme · érotisme · French

érotisme · rank #26,936 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,936
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH éprouvée

Nearest frequency peer: éprouvée (-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 « érotisme »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « érotisme » 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).

érotisme vs exotisme
75% similar
érotisme vs égoïsme
63% similar
érotisme vs érotique
75% similar

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

Key facts for érotisme
PropertyValue
Headwordérotisme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.ʁɔ.tism\
Letters8
Frequency rank#26,936
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « érotisme »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).érotismese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « éprouvée » (#26,935), « étable » (#26,937), « élance » (#26,933). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « érotisme » est au #26,936. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around érotisme (IPA \e.ʁɔ.tism\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,936 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for érotisme, with forms such as "erotisme", "réotisme", and "éortisme". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "exotisme", "égoïsme", "érotique", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is érotisme, spelled É-R-O-T-I-S-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Propriété de dires, gestes, comportements ou tenues qui suggèrent l’amour physique afin de susciter, accompagner ou augmenter le désir sexuel.
  2. 2
    Forme d'art exploitant le plaisir sensuel sans tomber dans la vulgarité.
  3. 3
    Propriété de certaines zones corporelles à susciter le désir sexuel.
  4. 4
    Inclination au plaisir physique lié à certaines parties du corps.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il était la proie de Carmen […]. Et non seulement il la subissait, mais encore il la recherchait, épris de sa chair de grande amoureuse lascive et insatisfaite, parfois ruée dans des débordements insensés, de quoi combler l’imagination la plus follement macérée dans les laves de l’érotisme épuisant.
  2. [Ils] s’émoustillaient tout en pérorant d’un érotisme curieusement élégant et cynique.

This word in other languages

eroticism(English)Erotik(Deutsch)erotismo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erotisme
  • réotisme
  • éortisme
  • éroitsme
  • érotimse
  • érotisem
  • érotismme
  • érotissme
  • érotsime
  • érottisme
  • érrotisme
  • értoisme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of érotisme - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

erotisme1réotisme2éortisme2éroitsme2érotimse2érotisem2érotismme1érotissme1
Edit distance from "érotisme"

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 "érotisme"?
"érotisme" is spelled É-R-O-T-I-S-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \e.ʁɔ.tism\.
What does "érotisme" mean?
As a noun, "érotisme" means: Propriété de dires, gestes, comportements ou tenues qui suggèrent l’amour physique afin de susciter, accompagner ou augmenter le désir sexuel.
What words are commonly confused with "érotisme"?
"érotisme" is commonly confused with "exotisme", "égoïsme", "érotique". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "érotisme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "érotisme" is \e.ʁɔ.tism\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "érotisme" come from?
"érotisme" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

éprouvée#26,935évanouir#26,939écoulées#26,932Zoologie#26,930

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

accidenté12 variantsyourself12 variantsadaptant12 variantsvolantes12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list