pacifisme

\pa.si.fism\

/\pa.si.fism\/ noun

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The verdict

“pacifisme” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,961. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,961
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Doctrine de ceux qui croient à la possibilité d’établir la paix universelle et qui s’efforcent d’en préparer l’avènement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pacifisme · pacifisme · French

pacifisme · rank #37,961 · 13 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,961
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH oscillations

Nearest frequency peer: oscillations (-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 « pacifisme »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pacifisme » 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).

pacifisme vs pacifiste
89% similar
pacifisme vs pacifistes
80% similar
pacifisme vs pacifique
78% similar

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

Key facts for pacifisme
PropertyValue
Headwordpacifisme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pa.si.fism\
Letters9
Frequency rank#37,961
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pacifisme »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).pacifismese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « oscillations » (#37,960), « pacotille » (#37,962), « Oreste » (#37,959). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pacifisme » est au #37,961. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around pacifisme (IPA \pa.si.fism\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,961 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Doctrine de ceux qui croient à la possibilité d’établir la paix universelle et qui s’efforcent d’en préparer l’avènement.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for pacifisme, with forms such as "apcifisme", "paccifisme", and "pacfiisme". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "pacifiste", "pacifistes", "pacifique", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is pacifisme, spelled P-A-C-I-F-I-S-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Doctrine de ceux qui croient à la possibilité d’établir la paix universelle et qui s’efforcent d’en préparer l’avènement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le pacifisme est passif et expectant par essence : il est plein d’espoir et d’attente, mais sans programme d’action.
  2. Le pacifisme absolu conduit inévitablement à la guerre totale.

This word in other languages

pacifism(English)pacifismo(Español)Pazifismus(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apcifisme
  • paccifisme
  • pacfiisme
  • paciffisme
  • pacifimse
  • pacifisem
  • pacifismme
  • pacifissme
  • pacifsime
  • paciifsme
  • paicfisme
  • pcaifisme
  • ppacifisme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pacifisme - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

apcifisme2paccifisme1pacfiisme2paciffisme1pacifimse2pacifisem2pacifismme1pacifissme1
Edit distance from "pacifisme"

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 "pacifisme"?
"pacifisme" is spelled P-A-C-I-F-I-S-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.si.fism\.
What does "pacifisme" mean?
As a noun, "pacifisme" means: Doctrine de ceux qui croient à la possibilité d’établir la paix universelle et qui s’efforcent d’en préparer l’avènement.
What words are commonly confused with "pacifisme"?
"pacifisme" is commonly confused with "pacifiste", "pacifistes", "pacifique". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pacifisme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pacifisme" is \pa.si.fism\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pacifisme" come from?
"pacifisme" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

pacotille#37,962offriront#37,955pluvieuse#37,974préséance#37,985

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

pendants13 variantsoccuperont13 variantsprobants13 variantsmandature13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list