journalisme

\ʒuʁ.na.lism\

/\ʒuʁ.na.lism\/ noun

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The verdict

“journalisme” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,839. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,839
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Profession de journaliste.

Corpus desk

Index FR-journalisme · journalisme · French

journalisme · rank #6,839 · 16 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,839
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH invitée

Nearest frequency peer: invitée (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « journalisme »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « journalisme » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

journalisme vs journaliste
91% similar
journalisme vs journalistes
83% similar
journalisme vs journalière
82% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for journalisme
PropertyValue
Headwordjournalisme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒuʁ.na.lism\
Letters11
Frequency rank#6,839
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « journalisme »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).journalismese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « invitée » (#6,838), « lent » (#6,840), « internautes » (#6,837). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « journalisme » est au #6,839. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around journalisme (IPA \ʒuʁ.na.lism\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,839 among 957 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for journalisme, with forms such as "jjournalisme", "jorunalisme", and "jounralisme". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "journaliste", "journalistes", "journalière", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is journalisme, spelled J-O-U-R-N-A-L-I-S-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Profession de journaliste.
  2. 2
    Ensemble des journaux d’une ville ou d’un pays.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mais le journalisme est terriblement encombré. La lutte pour la vie y est terrible, surtout à Paris ; je connais des hommes de beaucoup de talent qui n’y trouvent même pas de quoi vivre. Par contre, j’avoue que des crétins y font fortune.
  2. À quoi servent les faits divers ? […]. En règle générale, à faire du très mauvais journalisme, caressant le lecteur dans ses pulsions malsaines quitte à pulvériser les lignes jaunes du métier : […].

This word in other languages

journalism(English)periodismo(Español)Journalismus(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • jjournalisme
  • jorunalisme
  • jounralisme
  • jouranlisme
  • journailsme
  • journalimse
  • journalisem
  • journalismme
  • journalissme
  • journallisme
  • journalsime
  • journlaisme
  • journnalisme
  • jourrnalisme
  • juornalisme
  • ojurnalisme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of journalisme - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

jjournalisme1jorunalisme2jounralisme2jouranlisme2journailsme2journalimse2journalisem2journalismme1
Edit distance from "journalisme"

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 "journalisme"?
"journalisme" is spelled J-O-U-R-N-A-L-I-S-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒuʁ.na.lism\.
What does "journalisme" mean?
As a noun, "journalisme" means: Profession de journaliste.
What words are commonly confused with "journalisme"?
"journalisme" is commonly confused with "journaliste", "journalistes", "journalière". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "journalisme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "journalisme" is \ʒuʁ.na.lism\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "journalisme" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

internautes#6,837orthographe#6,862autochtones#6,783spécialisés#6,895

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

intellectuel16 variantsprésentées16 variantscomplicité16 variantsouvertement16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list