intellectualisme

\ɛ̃.te.lɛk.tɥa.lism\

/\ɛ̃.te.lɛk.tɥa.lism\/ noun

The verdict

“intellectualisme” is uncommon French (frequency #62,372 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,372
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Doctrine métaphysique d’après laquelle tout dans l’univers est subordonné à l’intelligence.

Corpus desk

Index FR-intellectualisme · intellectualisme · French

intellectualisme · rank #62,372 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,372
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH instruites

Nearest frequency peer: instruites (-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 « intellectualisme »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « intellectualisme » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for intellectualisme
PropertyValue
Headwordintellectualisme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.te.lɛk.tɥa.lism\
Letters16
Frequency rank#62,372
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « intellectualisme » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.intellectualismetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « instruites » (#62,371), « intelligibilité » (#62,373), « instituées » (#62,370). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « intellectualisme » est au #62,372. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

intellectualisme is uncommon French at frequency #62,372 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛ̃.te.lɛk.tɥa.lism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Doctrine métaphysique d’après laquelle tout dans l’univers est subordonné à l’intelligence.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for intellectualisme in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is intellectualisme, spelled I-N-T-E-L-L-E-C-T-U-A-L-I-S-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Doctrine métaphysique d’après laquelle tout dans l’univers est subordonné à l’intelligence.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Wolff n’a fait que verser, en quelque sorte, du côté où penchait déjà Leibniz, lorsqu’il a professé le pur intellectualisme.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "intellectualisme"?
"intellectualisme" is spelled I-N-T-E-L-L-E-C-T-U-A-L-I-S-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.te.lɛk.tɥa.lism\.
What does "intellectualisme" mean?
As a noun, "intellectualisme" means: Doctrine métaphysique d’après laquelle tout dans l’univers est subordonné à l’intelligence.
How do you pronounce "intellectualisme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "intellectualisme" is \ɛ̃.te.lɛk.tɥa.lism\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 16 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list