misanthropie

\mi.zɑ̃t.ʁɔ.pi\

/\mi.zɑ̃t.ʁɔ.pi\/ noun

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

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « misanthropie » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for misanthropie
PropertyValue
Headwordmisanthropie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mi.zɑ̃t.ʁɔ.pi\
Letters12
Frequency rank#92,999
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « misanthropie » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).misanthropietombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Mogherini » (#93,000), « MIP » (#92,997), « Moissy » (#93,001). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « misanthropie » est au #92,999. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Sentiment, caractère de celui qui éprouve de l’hostilité, voire de la haine envers le genre humain.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "misanthropie"?
"misanthropie" is spelled M-I-S-A-N-T-H-R-O-P-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mi.zɑ̃t.ʁɔ.pi\.
What does "misanthropie" mean?
As a noun, "misanthropie" means: Sentiment, caractère de celui qui éprouve de l’hostilité, voire de la haine envers le genre humain.
How do you pronounce "misanthropie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "misanthropie" is \mi.zɑ̃t.ʁɔ.pi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list