individualisme
\ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥa.lism\
The verdict
“individualisme” has 20 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,869. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,869
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
- 20
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Subordination de l’intérêt général à l’intérêt de l’individu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-individualisme · individualisme · French
individualisme · rank #19,869 · 20 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,869
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 20 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH indiscutable
Nearest frequency peer: indiscutable (-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 « individualisme »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- incarnée
incarnée
80,136 corpus weight
- incombe
incombe
80,134 corpus weight
- indiscutable
indiscutable
80,133 corpus weight
- individuali…
individualisme
80,132 corpus weight
- inexistante
inexistante
80,131 corpus weight
- infarctus
infarctus
80,130 corpus weight
What this shows « individualisme » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | individualisme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥa.lism\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #19,869 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « individualisme »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 20 spelling variants around individualisme (IPA \ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥa.lism\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,869 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for individualisme, with forms such as "idnividualisme", "inddividualisme", and "indiivdualisme". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "individualité", "individualiste", "individualistes", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 individualisme, spelled I-N-D-I-V-I-D-U-A-L-I-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Subordination de l’intérêt général à l’intérêt de l’individu.
- 2Doctrine qui place l'individu au-dessus de tout.
- 3Égoïsme.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how individualisme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Des observateurs, […] signalent chez les campagnards du Lot comme une tare tout à fait caractéristique un individualisme outrancier, féroce, têtu, rétrograde qui leur a laissé ignorer jusqu’à ce jour les bienfaits de la solidarité, de l’entr’aide et même, dans bien des cas, de l’assurance et du remembrement.
Tout d'abord, j'aimerais souligner que l'individualisme est un point de départ normal dans l'état d'esprit du sujet en voie de s'éduquer.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- idnividualisme
- inddividualisme
- indiivdualisme
- indivdiualisme
- individaulisme
- individdualisme
- individuailsme
- individualimse
- individualisem
- individualismme
- individualissme
- individuallisme
- individualsime
- individulaisme
- indiviudalisme
- indivvidualisme
- indviidualisme
- inidvidualisme
- inndividualisme
- nidividualisme
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of individualisme - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).