nominalisme
\nɔ.mi.na.lism\
The verdict
“nominalisme” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - S'applique à plusieurs doctrines selon lesquelles les idées générales n’ont d'existence que dans les noms dont ils sont les signes, et plus spécialement à celle de Guillaume d'Ockham.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nominalisme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \nɔ.mi.na.lism\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nominalisme” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
nominalisme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \nɔ.mi.na.lism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for nominalisme, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is nominalisme, spelled N-O-M-I-N-A-L-I-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1S'applique à plusieurs doctrines selon lesquelles les idées générales n’ont d'existence que dans les noms dont ils sont les signes, et plus spécialement à celle de Guillaume d'Ockham.
- 2Conception selon laquelle le but de la science ne serait pas la connaissance objective du réel, mais une interprétation des phénomènes visant une cohérence destinée à satisfaire avant tout l’esprit humain.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “nominalisme”
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- The one correct French spelling is N-O-M-I-N-A-L-I-S-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.