obscurantisme
\ɔb.sky.ʁɑ̃.tism\
The verdict
“obscurantisme” has 20 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,631. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,631
- frequency rank, French
- 75,470
- “O” headwords
- 20
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Attitude des penseurs et des prédicateurs à qui l’on reproche de s’opposer au progrès de la raison et des lumières, dans le domaine scientifique, dans les questions de morale, et dans la vie de tou...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | obscurantisme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔb.sky.ʁɑ̃.tism\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #31,631 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “obscurantisme” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 20 spelling variants around obscurantisme (IPA \ɔb.sky.ʁɑ̃.tism\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,631 among 75,470 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Attitude des penseurs et des prédicateurs à qui l’on reproche de s’opposer au progrès de la raison et des lumières, dans le domaine scientifique, dans les questions de morale, et dans la vie de tou...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for obscurantisme, with forms such as "boscurantisme", "obbscurantisme", and "obcsurantisme". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is obscurantisme, spelled O-B-S-C-U-R-A-N-T-I-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Attitude des penseurs et des prédicateurs à qui l’on reproche de s’opposer au progrès de la raison et des lumières, dans le domaine scientifique, dans les questions de morale, et dans la vie de tous les jours, parce qu’ils prétendent maintenir et imposer coûte que coûte des préjugés et des croyances d’un autre âge.
Antonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: boscurantisme,obbscurantisme,obcsurantisme,obsccurantisme,obscruantisme,obscuarntisme,obscuranitsme,obscuranntisme,obscurantimse,obscurantisem,obscurantismme,obscurantissme,obscurantsime,obscuranttisme,obscuratnisme,obscurnatisme,obscurrantisme,obsscurantisme,obsucrantisme,osbcurantisme
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of obscurantisme - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “obscurantisme”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is O-B-S-C-U-R-A-N-T-I-S-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɔb.sky.ʁɑ̃.tism\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.