partisane

/\paʁ.ti.zan\/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#22,965

in French word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

partisane is aFrenchnoun. It means: Celle qui avait fait un traité avec le roi, pour des affaires de finances, qui avait pris à ferme les revenus de l’État, les impôts, etc. Pronounced \paʁ.ti.zan\. Often confused with partisans and partisanes.

Key facts for partisane
PropertyValue
Headwordpartisane
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\paʁ.ti.zan\
Letters9
Frequency rank#22,965
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of partisane in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for partisane is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \paʁ.ti.zan\. Corpus data places it at rank #22,965 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for partisane, with forms such as "aprtisane", "paritsane", and "parrtisane". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "partisans", "partisanes", "Partisan", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is partisane, spelled P-A-R-T-I-S-A-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celle qui avait fait un traité avec le roi, pour des affaires de finances, qui avait pris à ferme les revenus de l’État, les impôts, etc.
  2. 2
    Combattante par conviction lors de conflits.
  3. 3
    Celle qui est attachée à la fortune d’un parti, qui en épouse les intérêts, qui en prend la défense.
  4. 4
    Celle qui défend une idée, une pratique.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aprtisane,paritsane,parrtisane,partiasne,partisaen,partisanne,partisnae,partissane,partsiane,parttisane,patrisane,ppartisane,pratisane

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for partisane

Misspelling Variants of "partisane"

aprtisane9paritsane9parrtisane10partiasne9partisaen9partisanne10partisnae9partissane10
Misspelling Variants of "partisane"

Frequency rank: #22,965 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "partisane"?
"partisane" is spelled P-A-R-T-I-S-A-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \paʁ.ti.zan\.
What does "partisane" mean?
As a noun, "partisane" means: Celle qui avait fait un traité avec le roi, pour des affaires de finances, qui avait pris à ferme les revenus de l’État, les impôts, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "partisane"?
"partisane" is commonly confused with "partisans", "partisanes", "Partisan". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "partisane"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "partisane" is \paʁ.ti.zan\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "partisane" come from?
"partisane" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.