pacifiste

\pa.si.fist\

/\pa.si.fist\/ adj

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The verdict

“pacifiste” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,306. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,306
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif au pacifisme ; qui est partisan de la paix.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pacifiste · pacifiste · French

pacifiste · rank #23,306 · 13 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,306
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH paieront

Nearest frequency peer: paieront (+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 « pacifiste »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pacifiste » 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).

pacifiste vs pacifistes
90% similar
pacifiste vs pacifique
78% similar
pacifiste vs pacifisme
89% similar

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

Key facts for pacifiste
PropertyValue
Headwordpacifiste
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pa.si.fist\
Letters9
Frequency rank#23,306
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pacifiste »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « paieront » (#23,307), « parabole » (#23,308), « orgie » (#23,303). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pacifiste » est au #23,306. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around pacifiste (IPA \pa.si.fist\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #23,306 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Relatif au pacifisme ; qui est partisan de la paix.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for pacifiste, with forms such as "apcifiste", "paccifiste", and "pacfiiste". 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. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "pacifistes", "pacifique", "pacifisme", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is pacifiste, spelled P-A-C-I-F-I-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif au pacifisme ; qui est partisan de la paix.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le mouvement pacifiste, au XXᵉ siècle, a été très largement porté par les femmes, plus sensibles que les hommes à l'absurdité d'une puissance qui s'édifie en semant la mort, et qui appelle « champs d'honneur » les lieux des pires massacres.
  2. Des affiches de mai 68 aux murals républicains de Belfast, des caricatures anti-tsaristes de la révolution russe de 1905 au drapeau arc-en-ciel des militants pacifistes, des placards « ouvriers » de Jules Grandjouan au badge « Touche pas à mon pote » de SOS racisme, […].

Synonyms

irénique

Antonyms

belliciste

This word in other languages

pacifistic(English)pacifista(Español)pazifistisch(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apcifiste
  • paccifiste
  • pacfiiste
  • paciffiste
  • pacifiset
  • pacifisste
  • pacifistte
  • pacifitse
  • pacifsite
  • paciifste
  • paicfiste
  • pcaifiste
  • ppacifiste

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pacifiste - 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.

apcifiste2paccifiste1pacfiiste2paciffiste1pacifiset2pacifisste1pacifistte1pacifitse2
Edit distance from "pacifiste"

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 "pacifiste"?
"pacifiste" is spelled P-A-C-I-F-I-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.si.fist\.
What does "pacifiste" mean?
As an adjective, "pacifiste" means: Relatif au pacifisme ; qui est partisan de la paix.
What words are commonly confused with "pacifiste"?
"pacifiste" is commonly confused with "pacifistes", "pacifique", "pacifisme". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pacifiste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pacifiste" is \pa.si.fist\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pacifiste" come from?
"pacifiste" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Pentecôte#23,310plomberie#23,313populisme#23,317métissage#23,290

Similar misspelling depth

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

prélevés13 variantsmouchoirs13 variantsrapportait13 variantsrejoindra13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list