multipartisme

\myl.ti.paʁ.tism\

/\myl.ti.paʁ.tism\/ noun

The verdict

“multipartisme” is uncommon French (frequency #68,486 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,486
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Politique autorisant plus d'un parti politique, opposé à la politique du parti-état.

Corpus desk

Index FR-multipartisme · multipartisme · French

multipartisme · rank #68,486 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,486
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH multilatéraux

Nearest frequency peer: multilatéraux (-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 « multipartisme »

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 « multipartisme » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for multipartisme
PropertyValue
Headwordmultipartisme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\myl.ti.paʁ.tism\
Letters13
Frequency rank#68,486
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « multipartisme » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.multipartismetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « multilatéraux » (#68,485), « musicologue » (#68,487), « muséal » (#68,488). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « multipartisme » est au #68,486. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

multipartisme is uncommon French at frequency #68,486 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \myl.ti.paʁ.tism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Politique autorisant plus d'un parti politique, opposé à la politique du parti-état.".

multipartisme has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is multipartisme, spelled M-U-L-T-I-P-A-R-T-I-S-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Politique autorisant plus d'un parti politique, opposé à la politique du parti-état.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les chefs confrériques, marginalisés pendant la période postcoloniale, firent ainsi leur retour sur la scène politique nationale avec la crise politique régionale et le multipartisme.

Synonyms

Antonyms

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 "multipartisme"?
"multipartisme" is spelled M-U-L-T-I-P-A-R-T-I-S-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \myl.ti.paʁ.tism\.
What does "multipartisme" mean?
As a noun, "multipartisme" means: Politique autorisant plus d'un parti politique, opposé à la politique du parti-état.
How do you pronounce "multipartisme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "multipartisme" is \myl.ti.paʁ.tism\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "multipartisme" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list