fatalisme

\fa.ta.lism\

/\fa.ta.lism\/ noun

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The verdict

“fatalisme” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,334. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,334
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Doctrine exposant que la situation et les événements (désagréables) sont à mettre au compte de la fatalité, ou de la volonté divine. Négation du libre arbitre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fatalisme · fatalisme · French

fatalisme · rank #42,334 · 13 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,334
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH farfelues

Nearest frequency peer: farfelues (-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 « fatalisme »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « fatalisme » 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).

fatalisme vs fatalité
67% similar
fatalisme vs fataliste
89% similar
fatalisme vs fanatisme
78% similar

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

Key facts for fatalisme
PropertyValue
Headwordfatalisme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fa.ta.lism\
Letters9
Frequency rank#42,334
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fatalisme »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).fatalismese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « farfelues » (#42,333), « fauteurs » (#42,335), « Fenerbahçe » (#42,336). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fatalisme » est au #42,334. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around fatalisme (IPA \fa.ta.lism\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,334 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for fatalisme, with forms such as "aftalisme", "faatlisme", and "fatailsme". 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, "fatalité", "fataliste", "fanatisme", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is fatalisme, spelled F-A-T-A-L-I-S-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Doctrine exposant que la situation et les événements (désagréables) sont à mettre au compte de la fatalité, ou de la volonté divine. Négation du libre arbitre.
  2. 2
    Résignation devant le cours des choses, sur lequel on s’abstient d’agir.
  3. 3
    Enchaînement fatal, inévitable, logique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Bêtises, bêtises ! je voudrais bien que vous vous donnassiez la peine d’étudier le fatalisme, religion de l'empereur Napoléon.
  2. [À propos de] l’indiscrète manière d’attribuer à la providence les sottises ou les fautes des individus, et de trouver bien, les événements quels qu’ils soient, par le seul fait qu’ils sont accomplis, et par conséquent permis, ou voulus de Dieu. Ce charabia de piété mal entendue, en glorifiant tout abusivement, ressemble fort au fatalisme musulman.

This word in other languages

fatalism(English)fatalismo(Español)Fatalismus(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aftalisme
  • faatlisme
  • fatailsme
  • fatalimse
  • fatalisem
  • fatalismme
  • fatalissme
  • fatallisme
  • fatalsime
  • fatlaisme
  • fattalisme
  • ffatalisme
  • ftaalisme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fatalisme - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

aftalisme2faatlisme2fatailsme2fatalimse2fatalisem2fatalismme1fatalissme1fatallisme1
Edit distance from "fatalisme"

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 "fatalisme"?
"fatalisme" is spelled F-A-T-A-L-I-S-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fa.ta.lism\.
What does "fatalisme" mean?
As a noun, "fatalisme" means: Doctrine exposant que la situation et les événements (désagréables) sont à mettre au compte de la fatalité, ou de la volonté divine. Négation du libre arbitre.
What words are commonly confused with "fatalisme"?
"fatalisme" is commonly confused with "fatalité", "fataliste", "fanatisme". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fatalisme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fatalisme" is \fa.ta.lism\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fatalisme" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

farfelues#42,333expiation#42,331feuilleté#42,337firmament#42,340

Similar misspelling depth

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

euphorique13 variantsenvenimer13 variantsflambeaux13 variantsenveloppée13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list