pélagisme
\pe.la.ʒism\
The verdict
“pélagisme” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mal de mer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pelagisme · pélagisme · French
pélagisme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pélagisme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pe.la.ʒism\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pélagisme » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pélagisme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pe.la.ʒism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mal de mer.".
pélagisme doesn't appear in our generated misspelling 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, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is pélagisme, spelled P-É-L-A-G-I-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Mal de mer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pélagisme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mal de mer: synonyme de pélagisme. Nausées voire vomissement déclenchées par les mouvements d'un bateau en mer.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.