idéalisme

/\i.de.a.lism\/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#28,596

in French word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

idéalisme is aFrenchnoun. It means: Attitude de celui qui agit en fonction d’un idéal. Pronounced \i.de.a.lism\. Often confused with idéaliste and idéalistes.

Key facts for idéalisme
PropertyValue
Headwordidéalisme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\i.de.a.lism\
Letters9
Frequency rank#28,596
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of idéalisme in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for idéalisme is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \i.de.a.lism\. Corpus data places it at rank #28,596 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for idéalisme, with forms such as "diéalisme", "idaélisme", and "iddéalisme". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "idéaliste", "idéalistes", "idéalisée", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is idéalisme, spelled I-D-É-A-L-I-S-M-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Attitude de celui qui agit en fonction d’un idéal.
  2. 2
    Disposition d’esprit de celui qui ne prend pas en compte la réalité pour régler sa pensée ou son action.
  3. 3
    Système philosophique qui considère les idées comme le principe de la connaissance.
  4. 4
    Se dit, par opposition au réalisme, de la doctrine selon laquelle l’art doit représenter l’idéal et non le réel.
  5. 5
    Fait de rendre idéale une œuvre, de lui faire atteindre l'idéal par l'emploi de procédés stylistiques.
  6. 6
    Nom donné à un ensemble de théorie des relations internationales dans laquelle la conduite des États est soumise à l'existence de règles et valeurs communes supérieures à l'intérêt national et régissant leurs actions.

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: diéalisme,idaélisme,iddéalisme,idealisme,idéailsme,idéalimse,idéalisem,idéalismme,idéalissme,idéallisme,idéalsime,idélaisme,iédalisme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for idéalisme

Misspelling Variants of "idéalisme"

diéalisme9idaélisme9iddéalisme10idealisme9idéailsme9idéalimse9idéalisem9idéalismme10
Misspelling Variants of "idéalisme"

Frequency rank: #28,596 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "idéalisme"?
"idéalisme" is spelled I-D-É-A-L-I-S-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \i.de.a.lism\.
What does "idéalisme" mean?
As a noun, "idéalisme" means: Attitude de celui qui agit en fonction d’un idéal.
What words are commonly confused with "idéalisme"?
"idéalisme" is commonly confused with "idéaliste", "idéalistes", "idéalisée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "idéalisme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "idéalisme" is \i.de.a.lism\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "idéalisme" come from?
"idéalisme" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.