expressionnisme

\ɛks.pʁɛ.sjɔ.nism\

/\ɛks.pʁɛ.sjɔ.nism\/ noun

The verdict

“expressionnisme” is uncommon French (frequency #54,575 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,575
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mouvement artistique qui promeut l’expression du ressenti de l’artiste.

Corpus desk

Index FR-expressionnisme · expressionnisme · French

expressionnisme · rank #54,575 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,575
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH exhaustivité

Nearest frequency peer: exhaustivité (-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 « expressionnisme »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « expressionnisme » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for expressionnisme
PropertyValue
Headwordexpressionnisme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛks.pʁɛ.sjɔ.nism\
Letters15
Frequency rank#54,575
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « expressionnisme » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).expressionnismetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « exhaustivité » (#54,574), « externalités » (#54,576), « excédés » (#54,573). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « expressionnisme » est au #54,575. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

expressionnisme is uncommon French at frequency #54,575 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛks.pʁɛ.sjɔ.nism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mouvement artistique qui promeut l’expression du ressenti de l’artiste.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for expressionnisme, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is expressionnisme, spelled E-X-P-R-E-S-S-I-O-N-N-I-S-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mouvement artistique qui promeut l’expression du ressenti de l’artiste.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’expressionnisme, art de l’expression, se détourne des impressions perçues par les sens pour exprimer des sentiments et des idées.
  2. L’expressionnisme allemand des années 20.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "expressionnisme"?
"expressionnisme" is spelled E-X-P-R-E-S-S-I-O-N-N-I-S-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛks.pʁɛ.sjɔ.nism\.
What does "expressionnisme" mean?
As a noun, "expressionnisme" means: Mouvement artistique qui promeut l’expression du ressenti de l’artiste.
How do you pronounce "expressionnisme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "expressionnisme" is \ɛks.pʁɛ.sjɔ.nism\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list