exotisme

\ɛɡ.zɔ.tism\

/\ɛɡ.zɔ.tism\/ noun

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The verdict

“exotisme” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,151. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,151
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Caractère de ce qui est exotique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-exotisme · exotisme · French

exotisme · rank #30,151 · 11 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,151
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH envahisseur

Nearest frequency peer: envahisseur (-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 « exotisme »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « exotisme » 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).

exotisme vs égoïsme
50% similar
exotisme vs exotique
75% similar
exotisme vs érotisme
75% similar

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

Key facts for exotisme
PropertyValue
Headwordexotisme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛɡ.zɔ.tism\
Letters8
Frequency rank#30,151
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « exotisme »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.exotismese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « envahisseur » (#30,150), « explosives » (#30,152), « entretenues » (#30,149). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « exotisme » est au #30,151. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around exotisme (IPA \ɛɡ.zɔ.tism\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,151 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for exotisme, with forms such as "eoxtisme", "exoitsme", and "exotimse". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "égoïsme", "exotique", "érotisme", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 exotisme, spelled E-X-O-T-I-S-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Caractère de ce qui est exotique.
  2. 2
    Dans une œuvre, thématique évoquant des contrées lointaines de l’Occident.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Or, l’exotisme, depuis que tout le monde passe ses week-ends aux Seychelles, je mesurais qu’il était allé se cacher dans des coins introuvables.
  2. Du thé de Chine infusant dans une théière et des tasses en porcelaine : voilà une scène d’intérieur bourgeois dont l’exotisme asiatique originel a été totalement effacé de la mémoire collective.

This word in other languages

exoticism(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eoxtisme
  • exoitsme
  • exotimse
  • exotisem
  • exotismme
  • exotissme
  • exotsime
  • exottisme
  • extoisme
  • exxotisme
  • xeotisme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of exotisme - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

eoxtisme2exoitsme2exotimse2exotisem2exotismme1exotissme1exotsime2exottisme1
Edit distance from "exotisme"

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 "exotisme"?
"exotisme" is spelled E-X-O-T-I-S-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛɡ.zɔ.tism\.
What does "exotisme" mean?
As a noun, "exotisme" means: Caractère de ce qui est exotique.
What words are commonly confused with "exotisme"?
"exotisme" is commonly confused with "égoïsme", "exotique", "érotisme". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "exotisme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "exotisme" is \ɛɡ.zɔ.tism\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "exotisme" come from?
"exotisme" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

ennuient#30,146facturer#30,156emménage#30,144effacent#30,140

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

démêlés11 variantsdonjons11 variantsgarderai11 variantsDelaunay11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list