jacobinisme

\ʒa.kɔ.bi.nism\

/\ʒa.kɔ.bi.nism\/ noun

The verdict

“jacobinisme” is uncommon French (frequency #77,631 among 47,938 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,631
frequency rank, French
47,938
“J” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Doctrine politique qui défend la souveraineté populaire et l’indivisibilité de la République française.

Key facts for jacobinisme
PropertyValue
Headwordjacobinisme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒa.kɔ.bi.nism\
Letters11
Frequency rank#77,631
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “jacobinisme” 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). jacobinisme lands here:

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

Rare enough to double-check

jacobinisme is uncommon French at frequency #77,631 among 47,938 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒa.kɔ.bi.nism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for jacobinisme in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is jacobinisme, spelled J-A-C-O-B-I-N-I-S-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Doctrine politique qui défend la souveraineté populaire et l’indivisibilité de la République française.
  2. 2
    Cette doctrine réutilisée par les révolutionnaires russes.
  3. 3
    Centralisme.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "jacobinisme"?
"jacobinisme" is spelled J-A-C-O-B-I-N-I-S-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒa.kɔ.bi.nism\.
What does "jacobinisme" mean?
As a noun, "jacobinisme" means: Doctrine politique qui défend la souveraineté populaire et l’indivisibilité de la République française.
How do you pronounce "jacobinisme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jacobinisme" is \ʒa.kɔ.bi.nism\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jacobinisme" come from?
"jacobinisme" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “jacobinisme”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is J-A-C-O-B-I-N-I-S-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ʒa.kɔ.bi.nism\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this 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