militance
\mi.li.tɑ̃s\
The verdict
“militance” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Activité militante.
Corpus desk
Index FR-militance · militance · French
militance · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | militance |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mi.li.tɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « militance » en français
Rare enough to double-check
militance is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mi.li.tɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Activité militante.".
militance doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is militance, spelled M-I-L-I-T-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Activité militante.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how militance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il souffre aussi de l’image militante qui est désormais la sienne : « La militance est un drôle de forum où je n’ai jamais vu tant de haines et lu tant de rivalités, dans les regards, à fleur de lèvres.
Nous verrons que les 40 dernières années de militance de Femmes autochtones du Québec peuvent se lire comme l’incarnation d’un féminisme autochtone puissant et innovateur, qui a su tisser des liens avec le mouvement féministe québécois pour faire avancer ses revendications, tout en conservant son indépendance théorique et activiste.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.