islamiser

\is.la.mi.ze\

/\is.la.mi.ze\/ verb

The verdict

“islamiser” is uncommon French (frequency #77,626 among 142,603 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,626
frequency rank, French
142,603
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Donner à (quelque chose) un caractère musulman.

Corpus desk

Index FR-islamiser · islamiser · French

islamiser · rank #77,626 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,626
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 142,603
  • PHOTO-FINISH isocèle

Nearest frequency peer: isocèle (+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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “islamiser”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “islamiser” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for islamiser
PropertyValue
Headwordislamiser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\is.la.mi.ze\
Letters9
Frequency rank#77,626
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “islamiser” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). islamiser lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

islamiser is uncommon French at frequency #77,626 among 142,603 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \is.la.mi.ze\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for islamiser in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is islamiser, spelled I-S-L-A-M-I-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Donner à (quelque chose) un caractère musulman.
  2. 2
    Convertir, un peuple, une communauté ou un individu à la religion islamique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les pires craintes des partisans de la Charte des valeurs se sont concrétisées ce matin : quarante-huit heures après la défaite du Parti québécois, des millions de fondamentalistes radicaux ont atterri à Dorval afin d’islamiser la province en construisant des minarets de Gaspé à Gatineau et en forçant toutes les femmes à porter le voile sous peine de coup…
  2. Le rap s’africanise, se « maghrébise », s’islamise en s’enferrant dans une contradiction existentielle : faire disparaître la réalité qui constitue le corollaire de son identité.

Synonyms

Antonyms

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.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "islamiser"?
"islamiser" is spelled I-S-L-A-M-I-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \is.la.mi.ze\.
What does "islamiser" mean?
As a verb, "islamiser" means: Donner à (quelque chose) un caractère musulman.
How do you pronounce "islamiser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "islamiser" is \is.la.mi.ze\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "islamiser" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list