militarisme
\mi.li.ta.ʁism\
The verdict
“militarisme” is an uncommon French word, ranked #52,199 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #52,199
- frequency rank, French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Système qui promeut tout ce qui est militaire dans le fonctionnement d'une société humaine.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | militarisme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mi.li.ta.ʁism\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #52,199 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “militarisme” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for militarisme is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mi.li.ta.ʁism\. Corpus data places it at rank #52,199 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Système qui promeut tout ce qui est militaire dans le fonctionnement d'une société humaine.".
Zero misspellings are on record for militarisme in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is militarisme, spelled M-I-L-I-T-A-R-I-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Système qui promeut tout ce qui est militaire dans le fonctionnement d'une société humaine.
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); 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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Using “militarisme”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-I-L-I-T-A-R-I-S-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \mi.li.ta.ʁism\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.