fétichisme

\fe.ti.ʃism\

/\fe.ti.ʃism\/ noun

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The verdict

“fétichisme” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,826. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,826
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Culte des fétiches.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fetichisme · fétichisme · French

fétichisme · rank #32,826 · 16 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #32,826
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH gagnées

Nearest frequency peer: gagnées (+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 « fétichisme »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « fétichisme » 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).

fétichisme vs fétichiste
90% similar

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

Key facts for fétichisme
PropertyValue
Headwordfétichisme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fe.ti.ʃism\
Letters10
Frequency rank#32,826
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fétichisme »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « gagnées » (#32,827), « fumez » (#32,824), « gazeuses » (#32,828). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fétichisme » est au #32,826. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around fétichisme (IPA \fe.ti.ʃism\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,826 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for fétichisme, with forms such as "fetichisme", "ffétichisme", and "ftéichisme". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "fétichiste", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is fétichisme, spelled F-É-T-I-C-H-I-S-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Culte des fétiches.
  2. 2
    Confiance aveugle, sans limite, que certaines personnes inspirent à leurs disciples, à leurs partisans, à leurs troupes.
  3. 3
    Excitation sexuelle due à l’utilisation ou la vue d’un objet particulier (par exemple un vêtement, un objet, une partie du corps), n'ayant a priori aucune connotation sexuelle.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce peuple en est encore au fétichisme.
  2. Ce n’est pas du respect qu’ils ont pour leurs chefs, c’est du fétichisme.

This word in other languages

fetishism(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • fetichisme
  • ffétichisme
  • ftéichisme
  • féitchisme
  • fétcihisme
  • féticchisme
  • fétichhisme
  • fétichimse
  • fétichisem
  • fétichismme
  • fétichissme
  • fétichsime
  • féticihsme
  • fétihcisme
  • féttichisme
  • éftichisme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

fetichisme1ffétichisme1ftéichisme2féitchisme2fétcihisme2féticchisme1fétichhisme1fétichimse2
Edit distance from "fétichisme"

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 "fétichisme"?
"fétichisme" is spelled F-É-T-I-C-H-I-S-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fe.ti.ʃism\.
What does "fétichisme" mean?
As a noun, "fétichisme" means: Culte des fétiches.
What words are commonly confused with "fétichisme"?
"fétichisme" is commonly confused with "fétichiste". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fétichisme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fétichisme" is \fe.ti.ʃism\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fétichisme" come from?
"fétichisme" 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 "fétichisme", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list