particularisme

\paʁ.ti.ky.la.ʁism\

/\paʁ.ti.ky.la.ʁism\/ noun

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The verdict

“particularisme” is uncommon French (frequency #60,260 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,260
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Doctrine qui enseigne que Jésus-Christ est mort pour les élus, et non pour tous les hommes en général.

Corpus desk

Index FR-particularisme · particularisme · French

particularisme · rank #60,260 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,260
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH patata

Nearest frequency peer: patata (+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 « particularisme »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for particularisme
PropertyValue
Headwordparticularisme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\paʁ.ti.ky.la.ʁism\
Letters14
Frequency rank#60,260
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « particularisme » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).particularismetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « patata » (#60,261), « paniquez » (#60,258), « Paulina » (#60,263). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « particularisme » est au #60,260. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

particularisme is uncommon French at frequency #60,260 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \paʁ.ti.ky.la.ʁism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for particularisme in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is particularisme, spelled P-A-R-T-I-C-U-L-A-R-I-S-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Doctrine qui enseigne que Jésus-Christ est mort pour les élus, et non pour tous les hommes en général.
  2. 2
    Sentiment d’une population qui, englobée dans un État, prétend y conserver ses traditions, ses usages et même y obtenir l’autonomie.
  3. 3
    Volonté jalouse d’un peuple de maintenir et d’affirmer son caractère national.
  4. 4
    Spécificité.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’église catholique réprouve le particularisme.
  2. Nous laissons beaucoup trop les Alsaciens « cuire dans leur jus », nous les abandonnons trop à l’horizon confiné de ce couloir d’entre Vosges et Rhin où la fermentation d’un particularisme fanatique finit par exhaler une agressive odeur de renfermé.

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 "particularisme"?
"particularisme" is spelled P-A-R-T-I-C-U-L-A-R-I-S-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \paʁ.ti.ky.la.ʁism\.
What does "particularisme" mean?
As a noun, "particularisme" means: Doctrine qui enseigne que Jésus-Christ est mort pour les élus, et non pour tous les hommes en général.
How do you pronounce "particularisme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "particularisme" is \paʁ.ti.ky.la.ʁism\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "particularisme" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list