misanthropie
\mi.zɑ̃t.ʁɔ.pi\
The verdict
“misanthropie” is uncommon French (frequency #92,999 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,999
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sentiment, caractère de celui qui éprouve de l’hostilité, voire de la haine envers le genre humain.
Corpus desk
Index FR-misanthropie · misanthropie · French
misanthropie · rank #92,999 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,999
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH Mogherini
Nearest frequency peer: Mogherini (+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 « misanthropie »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- microalgues
microalgues
7,005 corpus weight
- MIP
MIP
7,004 corpus weight
- misanthropie
misanthropie
7,002 corpus weight
- Mogherini
Mogherini
7,001 corpus weight
- Moissy
Moissy
7,000 corpus weight
- monos
monos
6,999 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « misanthropie » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | misanthropie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mi.zɑ̃t.ʁɔ.pi\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #92,999 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « misanthropie » en français
Rare enough to double-check
misanthropie is uncommon French at frequency #92,999 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mi.zɑ̃t.ʁɔ.pi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sentiment, caractère de celui qui éprouve de l’hostilité, voire de la haine envers le genre humain.".
misanthropie has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 misanthropie, spelled M-I-S-A-N-T-H-R-O-P-I-E.
Definition
- 1Sentiment, caractère de celui qui éprouve de l’hostilité, voire de la haine envers le genre humain.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how misanthropie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tantôt, elle composait les baumes, elle inventait les recherches, les musiques, les mille moyens par lesquels elle aurait calmé la féroce misanthropie de Jean-Jacques.
M. Earnshaw ne répondit pas. Il marchait de long en large avec ses mains dans ses poches, paraissant avoir complètement oublié ma présence ; il semblait si profondément absorbé, et son aspect général dénotait tant de misanthropie que je ne pus me décider à le déranger de nouveau.
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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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