nomadisme

\nɔ.ma.dism\

/\nɔ.ma.dism\/ noun

The verdict

“nomadisme” is uncommon French (frequency #54,126 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,126
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mode de vie nomade

Corpus desk

Index FR-nomadisme · nomadisme · French

nomadisme · rank #54,126 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,126
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH noisetier

Nearest frequency peer: noisetier (-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 « nomadisme »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for nomadisme
PropertyValue
Headwordnomadisme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\nɔ.ma.dism\
Letters9
Frequency rank#54,126
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « nomadisme » en français

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « noisetier » (#54,125), « nidification » (#54,124), « numérisées » (#54,128). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « nomadisme » est au #54,126. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

nomadisme is uncommon French at frequency #54,126 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \nɔ.ma.dism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

nomadisme doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, 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 no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is nomadisme, spelled N-O-M-A-D-I-S-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mode de vie nomade
  2. 2
    Mode de production basé sur le déplacement régulier et permanent des populations.
  3. 3
    Par extension Déplacements répétés dus à une organisation du travail (par exemple sur les chantiers) ou de l’économie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le principe du nomadisme historique recommande de ne jamais penser à l’étape finale.
  2. 5) la situation de protection assurée par l’existence de mers sur trois côtés et de forêts et marais sur le quatrième, protégeant les sociétés européennes des attaques de nomades – et du nomadisme, ravalé au rang d’un signe de sauvagerie.

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 "nomadisme"?
"nomadisme" is spelled N-O-M-A-D-I-S-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \nɔ.ma.dism\.
What does "nomadisme" mean?
As a noun, "nomadisme" means: Mode de vie nomade
How do you pronounce "nomadisme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nomadisme" is \nɔ.ma.dism\. 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 "nomadisme", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list