gnosticisme
\ɡnɔs.ti.sism\
The verdict
“gnosticisme” is uncommon French (frequency #94,845 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,845
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ensemble des croyances de la gnose.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gnosticisme · gnosticisme · French
gnosticisme · rank #94,845 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,845
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH glutathion
Nearest frequency peer: glutathion (-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 « gnosticisme »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- gigoter
gigoter
5,159 corpus weight
- glutathion
glutathion
5,157 corpus weight
- gnosticisme
gnosticisme
5,156 corpus weight
- goddess
goddess
5,155 corpus weight
- Goldmann
Goldmann
5,154 corpus weight
- gom
gom
5,153 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « gnosticisme » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gnosticisme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡnɔs.ti.sism\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #94,845 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gnosticisme » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gnosticisme is uncommon French at frequency #94,845 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡnɔs.ti.sism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
gnosticisme doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is gnosticisme, spelled G-N-O-S-T-I-C-I-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Ensemble des croyances de la gnose.
- 2Ensemble des doctrines dualistes qui, durant les premiers siècles du christianisme, ont été rejetées comme hérétiques par l'Église.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gnosticisme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le gnosticisme ancien était religieux -il entendait, par la connaissance du vrai Dieu, libérer l'esprit de toute attache au monde matériel, abandonné aux forces mauvaises. Le gnosticisme moderne, quant à lui, entend par la technique, soumettre le monde à l'esprit.
Philosophes grecs et chrétiens orthodoxes reprochèrent au « gnosticisme » de prétendre atteindre au salut et à la perfection sans effort moral, sans une véritable transformation de l'homme. Pour le « gnosticisme », le gnostique est sauvé par nature.
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.
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