lobbyiste

\lɔ.bi.ist\

/\lɔ.bi.ist\/ noun

The verdict

“lobbyiste” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,354. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,354
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - personne engagée dans des activités de lobbying, de lobbyisme

Corpus desk

Index FR-lobbyiste · lobbyiste · French

lobbyiste · rank #40,354 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #40,354
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH linceul

Nearest frequency peer: linceul (-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 « lobbyiste »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « lobbyiste » 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).

lobbyiste vs lobbyistes
90% similar

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

Key facts for lobbyiste
PropertyValue
Headwordlobbyiste
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\lɔ.bi.ist\
Letters9
Frequency rank#40,354
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « lobbyiste »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.lobbyistese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « linceul » (#40,353), « Longueville » (#40,355), « libanaises » (#40,352). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « lobbyiste » est au #40,354. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around lobbyiste (IPA \lɔ.bi.ist\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,354 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "personne engagée dans des activités de lobbying, de lobbyisme".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for lobbyiste, with forms such as "lbobyiste", "llobbyiste", and "lobbiyste". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "lobbyistes", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented 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 lobbyiste, spelled L-O-B-B-Y-I-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    personne engagée dans des activités de lobbying, de lobbyisme

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’Assemblée nationale comme le Sénat regorgent de ces lobbyistes-là, anciens attachés parlementaires, sérieux, dévoués à leur entreprise, incapables de corrompre car n’en ayant en général ni l’envie ni les moyens.
  2. Le nom de ce lobbyiste en chef figure en toutes lettres dans le programme officiel, de même que cette petite mention, en bas de page : « Ce colloque est organisé avec (…) l’appui financier du programme PMI Impact », modeste fonds de Philip Morris, doté de 100 millions de dollars.

Synonyms

agent politiquereprésentant d’intérêts

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lbobyiste
  • llobbyiste
  • lobbiyste
  • lobbyiset
  • lobbyisste
  • lobbyistte
  • lobbyitse
  • lobbysite
  • lobbyyiste
  • lobybiste
  • lobyiste
  • olbbyiste

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

lbobyiste2llobbyiste1lobbiyste2lobbyiset2lobbyisste1lobbyistte1lobbyitse2lobbysite2
Edit distance from "lobbyiste"

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 "lobbyiste"?
"lobbyiste" is spelled L-O-B-B-Y-I-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \lɔ.bi.ist\.
What does "lobbyiste" mean?
As a noun, "lobbyiste" means: personne engagée dans des activités de lobbying, de lobbyisme
What words are commonly confused with "lobbyiste"?
"lobbyiste" is commonly confused with "lobbyistes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lobbyiste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lobbyiste" is \lɔ.bi.ist\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lobbyiste" come from?
"lobbyiste" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list