futurisme
\fy.ty.ʁism\
The verdict
“futurisme” is uncommon French (frequency #71,538 among 137,178 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,538
- frequency rank, French
- 137,178
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mouvement littéraire et artistique qui rejette la tradition esthétique et exalte le monde moderne, en particulier la civilisation urbaine, les machines et la vitesse.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | futurisme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fy.ty.ʁism\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #71,538 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “futurisme” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
futurisme is uncommon French at frequency #71,538 among 137,178 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fy.ty.ʁism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for futurisme, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is futurisme, spelled F-U-T-U-R-I-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Mouvement littéraire et artistique qui rejette la tradition esthétique et exalte le monde moderne, en particulier la civilisation urbaine, les machines et la vitesse.
- 2Qui a un caractère futuriste.
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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.
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Using “futurisme”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-U-T-U-R-I-S-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fy.ty.ʁism\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.