exorcisme

\ɛɡ.zɔʁ.sism\

/\ɛɡ.zɔʁ.sism\/ noun

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The verdict

“exorcisme” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,288. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,288
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pratique religieuse ou magique, comportant certaines formules, certaines prières et certains gestes rituels, destinée à chasser le démon d’un endroit qu’il occupe : du corps d’un possédé, d’une cho...

Corpus desk

Index FR-exorcisme · exorcisme · French

exorcisme · rank #39,288 · 13 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,288
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH existes

Nearest frequency peer: existes (-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 « exorcisme »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « exorcisme » 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).

exorcisme vs exotisme
78% similar
exorcisme vs exorciste
89% similar
exorcisme vs exorciser
78% similar

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

Key facts for exorcisme
PropertyValue
Headwordexorcisme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛɡ.zɔʁ.sism\
Letters9
Frequency rank#39,288
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « exorcisme »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.exorcismese 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 « existes » (#39,287), « explorent » (#39,289), « excusée » (#39,286). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « exorcisme » est au #39,288. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around exorcisme (IPA \ɛɡ.zɔʁ.sism\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,288 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for exorcisme, with forms such as "eoxrcisme", "exocrisme", and "exorccisme". 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", "exorciste", "exorciser", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 exorcisme, spelled E-X-O-R-C-I-S-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pratique religieuse ou magique, comportant certaines formules, certaines prières et certains gestes rituels, destinée à chasser le démon d’un endroit qu’il occupe : du corps d’un possédé, d’une chose, d’un lieu.
  2. 2
    Formule, prière par laquelle on exorcise.
  3. 3
    Stratagème de délivrance, “pour en sortir”.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je me rappelai ce que les saintes Écritures disaient des exorcismes et du cri que poussent les démons en sortant du corps des possédés.
  2. […] c’est ainsi qu’en 1872 un écrivain belge recom­mandait de remettre en honneur les exorcismes, qui lui semblaient être un moyen efficace pour combattre les révolutionnaires.

Synonyms

ésorchixmeadjurationpurification

This word in other languages

exorcism(English)exorcismo(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eoxrcisme
  • exocrisme
  • exorccisme
  • exorcimse
  • exorcisem
  • exorcismme
  • exorcissme
  • exorcsime
  • exoricsme
  • exorrcisme
  • exrocisme
  • exxorcisme
  • xeorcisme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of exorcisme - 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.

eoxrcisme2exocrisme2exorccisme1exorcimse2exorcisem2exorcismme1exorcissme1exorcsime2
Edit distance from "exorcisme"

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 "exorcisme"?
"exorcisme" is spelled E-X-O-R-C-I-S-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛɡ.zɔʁ.sism\.
What does "exorcisme" mean?
As a noun, "exorcisme" means: Pratique religieuse ou magique, comportant certaines formules, certaines prières et certains gestes rituels, destinée à chasser le démon d’un endroit qu’il occupe : du corps d’un possédé, d’une cho...
What words are commonly confused with "exorcisme"?
"exorcisme" is commonly confused with "exotisme", "exorciste", "exorciser". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "exorcisme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "exorcisme" is \ɛɡ.zɔʁ.sism\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "exorcisme" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

explorent#39,289exportent#39,290faussaire#39,295finançant#39,299

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

dérivent13 variantsDepression13 variantscroiseurs13 variantscrevaison13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list