journalism
\dʒɜ.nɛ.lɪzm\
The verdict
“journalism” is uncommon French (frequency #68,387 among 47,938 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,387
- frequency rank, French
- 47,938
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Journalisme.
Corpus desk
Index FR-journalism · journalism · French
journalism · rank #68,387 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,387
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 47,938
- PHOTO-FINISH jiji
Nearest frequency peer: jiji (-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 “journalism”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Jehanne
Jehanne
31,618 corpus weight
- jetèrent
jetèrent
31,617 corpus weight
- jiji
jiji
31,615 corpus weight
- journalism
journalism
31,614 corpus weight
- Joxe
Joxe
31,613 corpus weight
- Juli
Juli
31,611 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “journalism” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | journalism |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dʒɜ.nɛ.lɪzm\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #68,387 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “journalism” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
journalism is uncommon French at frequency #68,387 among 47,938 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \dʒɜ.nɛ.lɪzm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Journalisme.".
journalism doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is journalism, spelled J-O-U-R-N-A-L-I-S-M.
Definition
- 1Journalisme.
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 10 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.