fondamentaliste

\fɔ̃.da.mɑ̃.ta.list\

/\fɔ̃.da.mɑ̃.ta.list\/ noun

The verdict

“fondamentaliste” is uncommon French (frequency #50,835 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,835
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partisan du fondamentalisme, du retour aux fondements de la religion, d’un principe, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fondamentaliste · fondamentaliste · French

fondamentaliste · rank #50,835 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,835
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH folioles

Nearest frequency peer: folioles (-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 « fondamentaliste »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fondamentaliste
PropertyValue
Headwordfondamentaliste
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fɔ̃.da.mɑ̃.ta.list\
Letters15
Frequency rank#50,835
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « fondamentaliste » en français

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « folioles » (#50,834), « foreman » (#50,836), « flatteurs » (#50,833). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fondamentaliste » est au #50,835. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fondamentaliste is uncommon French at frequency #50,835 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fɔ̃.da.mɑ̃.ta.list\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

fondamentaliste has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is fondamentaliste, spelled F-O-N-D-A-M-E-N-T-A-L-I-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partisan du fondamentalisme, du retour aux fondements de la religion, d’un principe, etc.
  2. 2
    Partisan d'un retour à une vision originelle de la foi et de la doctrine chez les catholiques.
  3. 3
    Partisan de la vision traditionnelle de la religion chez les musulmans.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Si vous êtes un chrétien fondamentaliste, probablement protesterez-vous que chaque mot de la Bible est littéralement vrai.
  2. D'une certaine façon, le fondamentaliste nie la médiation d'une autorité religieuse – clergé, Église, docteurs de la loi – qui interpose habituellement une clé d'interprétation entre le croyant et le texte révélé.

Synonyms

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 "fondamentaliste"?
"fondamentaliste" is spelled F-O-N-D-A-M-E-N-T-A-L-I-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fɔ̃.da.mɑ̃.ta.list\.
What does "fondamentaliste" mean?
As a noun, "fondamentaliste" means: Partisan du fondamentalisme, du retour aux fondements de la religion, d’un principe, etc.
How do you pronounce "fondamentaliste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fondamentaliste" is \fɔ̃.da.mɑ̃.ta.list\. 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 "fondamentaliste", 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