jansénisme
\ʒɑ̃.se.nism\
The verdict
“jansénisme” is uncommon French (frequency #56,054 among 47,938 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,054
- frequency rank, French
- 47,938
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Doctrine de Jansénius sur la grâce et la prédestination.
Corpus desk
Index FR-jansenisme · jansénisme · French
jansénisme · rank #56,054 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,054
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 47,938
- PHOTO-FINISH Janssens
Nearest frequency peer: Janssens (-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 “jansénisme”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- ivraie
ivraie
43,950 corpus weight
- Janssens
Janssens
43,948 corpus weight
- jansénisme
jansénisme
43,947 corpus weight
- Japanese
Japanese
43,946 corpus weight
- jesu
jesu
43,944 corpus weight
- Jolivet
Jolivet
43,943 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “jansénisme” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jansénisme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒɑ̃.se.nism\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #56,054 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jansénisme” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
jansénisme is uncommon French at frequency #56,054 among 47,938 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒɑ̃.se.nism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Doctrine de Jansénius sur la grâce et la prédestination.".
jansénisme has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 jansénisme, spelled J-A-N-S-É-N-I-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Doctrine de Jansénius sur la grâce et la prédestination.
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.
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
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