nationalisme

\na.sjɔ.na.lism\

/\na.sjɔ.na.lism\/ noun

The verdict

“nationalisme” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,544. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,544
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sentiment qui consiste dans l’exaltation de l’idée nationale, doctrine politique basée sur ce sentiment.

Corpus desk

Index FR-nationalisme · nationalisme · French

nationalisme · rank #10,544 · 17 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,544
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH naissances

Nearest frequency peer: naissances (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « nationalisme »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « nationalisme » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

nationalisme vs nationalité
75% similar
nationalisme vs nationaliste
92% similar
nationalisme vs nationalistes
85% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for nationalisme
PropertyValue
Headwordnationalisme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\na.sjɔ.na.lism\
Letters12
Frequency rank#10,544
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « nationalisme »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).nationalismese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « naissances » (#10,543), « Norman » (#10,545), « nain » (#10,542). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « nationalisme » est au #10,544. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around nationalisme (IPA \na.sjɔ.na.lism\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,544 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Sentiment qui consiste dans l’exaltation de l’idée nationale, doctrine politique basée sur ce sentiment.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for nationalisme, with forms such as "antionalisme", "naitonalisme", and "natinoalisme". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "nationalité", "nationaliste", "nationalistes", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is nationalisme, spelled N-A-T-I-O-N-A-L-I-S-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sentiment qui consiste dans l’exaltation de l’idée nationale, doctrine politique basée sur ce sentiment.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le mépris où il tenait le nationalisme dont j’ai toujours eu l’aversion, le dédain qu’il témoignait pour les trémolos sur le grand air de patrie qui enchantaient le sentimentalisme alangui de mon cher Paul Deschanel achevèrent de m’attacher à lui.
  2. J'aime tous les peuples, dit Dobranski, mais je n'aime aucune nation. Je suis patriote, je ne suis pas nationaliste. - Quelle est la différence ? - Le patriotisme, c'est l'amour des siens. Le nationalisme, c'est la haine des autres.

Synonyms

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • antionalisme
  • naitonalisme
  • natinoalisme
  • natioanlisme
  • nationailsme
  • nationalimse
  • nationalisem
  • nationalismme
  • nationalissme
  • nationallisme
  • nationalsime
  • nationlaisme
  • nationnalisme
  • natoinalisme
  • nattionalisme
  • nnationalisme
  • ntaionalisme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nationalisme - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

antionalisme2naitonalisme2natinoalisme2natioanlisme2nationailsme2nationalimse2nationalisem2nationalismme1
Edit distance from "nationalisme"

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 "nationalisme"?
"nationalisme" is spelled N-A-T-I-O-N-A-L-I-S-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \na.sjɔ.na.lism\.
What does "nationalisme" mean?
As a noun, "nationalisme" means: Sentiment qui consiste dans l’exaltation de l’idée nationale, doctrine politique basée sur ce sentiment.
What words are commonly confused with "nationalisme"?
"nationalisme" is commonly confused with "nationalité", "nationaliste", "nationalistes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nationalisme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nationalisme" is \na.sjɔ.na.lism\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nationalisme" come from?
"nationalisme" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list