lesbianisme
\lɛs.bja.nism\
The verdict
“lesbianisme” is uncommon French (frequency #98,180 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,180
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Homosexualité féminine.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lesbianisme · lesbianisme · French
lesbianisme · rank #98,180 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,180
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH Lesparre
Nearest frequency peer: Lesparre (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « lesbianisme »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Leena
Leena
1,824 corpus weight
- lesbianisme
lesbianisme
1,821 corpus weight
- Lesparre
Lesparre
1,820 corpus weight
- lestage
lestage
1,819 corpus weight
- lettrines
lettrines
1,817 corpus weight
- lexicologie
lexicologie
1,816 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « lesbianisme » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lesbianisme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lɛs.bja.nism\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #98,180 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « lesbianisme » en français
Rare enough to double-check
lesbianisme is uncommon French at frequency #98,180 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \lɛs.bja.nism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Homosexualité féminine.".
Zero misspellings are on record for lesbianisme in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is lesbianisme, spelled L-E-S-B-I-A-N-I-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Homosexualité féminine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lesbianisme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bien que plus diffus, plus discret, moins affiché que l’homosexualité masculine, le lesbianisme est cependant tout aussi courant.
Les romans écrits par des femmes sont pleins des désillusions de la dévirginisation, de la légitimité de l’adultère, de la réhabilitation du lesbianisme comme remplacement, etc. Nos mères n’auraient jamais osé étaler de pareilles choses, chacune gardait pour elle ses rancœurs, cherchant au besoin des consolations dans la religion.
Antonyms
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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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