immobilisme

\i.mɔ.bi.lism\

/\i.mɔ.bi.lism\/ noun

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The verdict

“immobilisme” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,388. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,388
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tendance à valoriser le statu quo, aversion au changement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-immobilisme · immobilisme · French

immobilisme · rank #29,388 · 14 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,388
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH hôtesses

Nearest frequency peer: hôtesses (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « immobilisme »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « immobilisme » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

immobilisme vs immobilité
73% similar
immobilisme vs immobilise
91% similar
immobilisme vs immobilière
82% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for immobilisme
PropertyValue
Headwordimmobilisme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\i.mɔ.bi.lism\
Letters11
Frequency rank#29,388
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « immobilisme »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).immobilismese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « hôtesses » (#29,387), « hystériques » (#29,386), « impro » (#29,390). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « immobilisme » est au #29,388. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around immobilisme (IPA \i.mɔ.bi.lism\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,388 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Tendance à valoriser le statu quo, aversion au changement.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for immobilisme, with forms such as "immboilisme", "immobbilisme", and "immobiilsme". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "immobilité", "immobilise", "immobilière", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is immobilisme, spelled I-M-M-O-B-I-L-I-S-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tendance à valoriser le statu quo, aversion au changement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. 10 mai 1940 – Une sourde inquiétude règne ; on se plaignait cet hiver de l’immobilisme, mais maintenant on voudrait retarder le moment de commencer.
  2. [À propos du franquisme] pendant quarante années, l’Espagne vit sous la coupe d’un immobilisme tant sur le plan social qu’économique.

Synonyms

conservatisme

This word in other languages

resistance(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • immboilisme
  • immobbilisme
  • immobiilsme
  • immobilimse
  • immobilisem
  • immobilismme
  • immobilissme
  • immobillisme
  • immobilsime
  • immobliisme
  • immoiblisme
  • imobilisme
  • imombilisme
  • mimobilisme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of immobilisme - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

immboilisme2immobbilisme1immobiilsme2immobilimse2immobilisem2immobilismme1immobilissme1immobillisme1
Edit distance from "immobilisme"

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 "immobilisme"?
"immobilisme" is spelled I-M-M-O-B-I-L-I-S-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \i.mɔ.bi.lism\.
What does "immobilisme" mean?
As a noun, "immobilisme" means: Tendance à valoriser le statu quo, aversion au changement.
What words are commonly confused with "immobilisme"?
"immobilisme" is commonly confused with "immobilité", "immobilise", "immobilière". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "immobilisme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "immobilisme" is \i.mɔ.bi.lism\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "immobilisme" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "immobilisme", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hystériques#29,386indésirable#29,396fréquentait#29,363exclamation#29,353

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

incubateur14 variantsHampshire14 variantsinsatiable14 variantsengendrée14 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list