iconoclastie
\i.ko.no.klas.ti\
The verdict
“iconoclastie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Iconoclasme, iconoclasie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-iconoclastie · iconoclastie · French
iconoclastie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | iconoclastie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \i.ko.no.klas.ti\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « iconoclastie » en français
Rare enough to double-check
iconoclastie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \i.ko.no.klas.ti\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Iconoclasme, iconoclasie.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for iconoclastie, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is iconoclastie, spelled I-C-O-N-O-C-L-A-S-T-I-E.
Definition
- 1Iconoclasme, iconoclasie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how iconoclastie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En 727, le pape Grégoire II refusa d'accepter le décret de l’empereur Léon III qui établissait l’iconoclastie.
Et pour imaginer un nouvel art, il faut briser l’art ancien. Et ainsi l’art nouveau semble une sorte d’iconoclastie. Car toute construction est faite de débris, et rien n’est nouveau en ce monde que les formes. Mais il faut détruire les formes.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.