fashionista

\fa.ʃjɔ.nis.ta\

/\fa.ʃjɔ.nis.ta\/ noun

The verdict

“fashionista” is uncommon French (frequency #96,917 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,917
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fanatique de la mode.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fashionista · fashionista · French

fashionista · rank #96,917 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,917
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fascismes

Nearest frequency peer: fascismes (-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 « fashionista »

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 « fashionista » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fashionista
PropertyValue
Headwordfashionista
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fa.ʃjɔ.nis.ta\
Letters11
Frequency rank#96,917
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « fashionista » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).fashionistatombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « fascismes » (#96,916), « faunistique » (#96,918), « fanchon » (#96,915). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fashionista » est au #96,917. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fashionista is uncommon French at frequency #96,917 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fa.ʃjɔ.nis.ta\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fanatique de la mode.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for fashionista, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is fashionista, spelled F-A-S-H-I-O-N-I-S-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fanatique de la mode.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les stylistes décérébrés (façon Christian Audigier), qui, désormais, excitent, au lieu de l’assagir, la fashionista compulsive avec des chiffons coûteux et post-gothiques.
  2. Les fashionistas lui donnent d’ailleurs raison, puisqu’un expert français de la mode déclare, anonymement bien sûr, au journal du parti : « La mode de Kim Jong-il, qui se répand sur la terre entière, est sans équivalent dans l’Histoire du monde. » — (Mikal Hem, Et si je devenais dictateur, traduit du norvégien par Jean-Baptiste Coursaud, Gaïa, 2017, page…

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 "fashionista"?
"fashionista" is spelled F-A-S-H-I-O-N-I-S-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is \fa.ʃjɔ.nis.ta\.
What does "fashionista" mean?
As a noun, "fashionista" means: Fanatique de la mode.
How do you pronounce "fashionista"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fashionista" is \fa.ʃjɔ.nis.ta\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fashionista" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list