fascisme

Name: fascisme, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\fa.ʃism\

/\fa.ʃism\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“fascisme” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,171. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,171
frequency rank, French: 3,276
“F” headwords: 12
tracked misspellings: 4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Doctrine et système politique instauré par Mussolini en 1922 et jusqu’en 1943, caractérisé par une toute puissance de l’État, le corporatisme, l’exaltation du nationalisme et une politique de l’ext...

Corpus desk

Index FR-fascisme · fascisme · French

fascisme · rank #13,171 · 12 variants · 4 confusables

FREQ-MID #13,171
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
VAR-MID 12 variants
BOOK-MID 3,276
PHOTO-FINISH far

Nearest frequency peer: far (-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.

espions

86,834
exprimée

86,833
family

86,832
far

86,831
fascisme

86,830
forestière

86,827

What this shows « fascisme » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

fascisme vs fasciste

88% similar

fascisme vs fascistes

78% similar

fascisme vs fascine

75% similar

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

Key facts for fascisme
Property	Value
Headword	fascisme
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\fa.ʃism\
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#13,171
Misspellings tracked	12
Confusable pairs	4
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fascisme »

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

#13,171

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « far » (#13,170), « family » (#13,169), « exprimée » (#13,168). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fascisme » est au #13,171. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around fascisme (IPA \fa.ʃism\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,171 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for fascisme, with forms such as "afscisme", "facsisme", and "fasccisme". 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, "fasciste", "fascistes", "fascine", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is fascisme, spelled F-A-S-C-I-S-M-E.

Definition

1
Doctrine et système politique instauré par Mussolini en 1922 et jusqu’en 1943, caractérisé par une toute puissance de l’État, le corporatisme, l’exaltation du nationalisme et une politique de l’extrême droite.
2
Doctrine, tendance visant à instaurer un régime autoritaire, nationaliste, comparable au fascisme italien historique ; un tel régime.
3
Toute attitude autoritaire, arbitraire, violente et dictatoriale, hors du domaine politique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Fondé avec ce programme pseudo-socialiste, le fascisme ne tarde pourtant pas à manifester son véritable caractère de classe : et c’est, justement, en dirigeant aussitôt ses attaques contre les socialistes, les anciens compagnons de Mussolini et, pour commencer, contre l’Avanti !.
Ces avertissements ont une résonance toute particulière en Europe, berceau du fascisme et théâtre de la montée des partis d’extrême droite depuis dix ans.

This word in other languages

fascism(English)fascismo(Español)Faschismus(Deutsch)fascismo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

afscisme
facsisme
fasccisme
fascimse
fascisem
fascismme
fascissme
fascsime
fasicsme
fasscisme
ffascisme
fsacisme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "fascisme"

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 "fascisme"?

"fascisme" is spelled F-A-S-C-I-S-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fa.ʃism\.

What does "fascisme" mean?

As a noun, "fascisme" means: Doctrine et système politique instauré par Mussolini en 1922 et jusqu’en 1943, caractérisé par une toute puissance de l’État, le corporatisme, l’exaltation du nationalisme et une politique de l’ext...

What words are commonly confused with "fascisme"?

"fascisme" is commonly confused with "fasciste", "fascistes", "fascine". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "fascisme"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fascisme" is \fa.ʃism\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "fascisme" come from?

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

exprimée#13,168 gravures#13,179 grossier#13,180 défendue#13,160

Similar misspelling depth

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

décrets12 variants isolation12 variants lanterne12 variants connectée12 variants