philosophie

/\fi.lɔ.zɔ.fi\/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,327

in French word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

philosophie is aFrenchnoun. It means: Discours rationnel et critique sur l’univers, cela afin de mieux orienter l’action individuelle et collective. Pronounced \fi.lɔ.zɔ.fi\. It ranks #2,327 in French word frequency. Often confused with philosophy and philosophies.

Key facts for philosophie
PropertyValue
Headwordphilosophie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fi.lɔ.zɔ.fi\
Letters11
Frequency rank#2,327
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for philosophie is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fi.lɔ.zɔ.fi\. Corpus data places it at rank #2,327 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for philosophie, with forms such as "hpilosophie", "phhilosophie", and "phillosophie". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "philosophy", "philosophies", "philosophique", and more, 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 philosophie, spelled P-H-I-L-O-S-O-P-H-I-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Discours rationnel et critique sur l’univers, cela afin de mieux orienter l’action individuelle et collective.
  2. 2
    Doctrine, système de pensée, façon de voir le monde, de l’exprimer.
  3. 3
    Système d’idées générales que l’on cherche à dégager de l’étude d’une science, d’un art.
  4. 4
    Ouvrage composé sur une science ou un art en particulier et en renfermant les vérités premières, les principes fondamentaux.
  5. 5
    Enseignement portant sur la philosophie en général au lycée ou au cégep.
  6. 6
    Classe où se fait cet enseignement.
  7. 7
    En France, a longtemps désigné l’actuelle classe de terminale.
  8. 8
    Sorte de fermeté et élévation d’esprit par laquelle on se met au-dessus des intérêts individuels, des accidents de la vie et des fausses opinions du vulgaire.
  9. 9
    Ligne de pensée qu’on se fixe pour la conduite de sa vie.
  10. 10
    Caractère de corps dix.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hpilosophie,phhilosophie,phillosophie,philoosphie,philosohpie,philosophei,philosophhie,philosopihe,philosopphie,philospohie,philossophie,philsoophie,phiolsophie,phliosophie,pihlosophie,pphilosophie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for philosophie

Misspelling Variants of "philosophie"

hpilosophie11phhilosophie12phillosophie12philoosphie11philosohpie11philosophei11philosophhie12philosopihe11
Misspelling Variants of "philosophie"

Frequency rank: #2,327 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "philosophie"?
"philosophie" is spelled P-H-I-L-O-S-O-P-H-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fi.lɔ.zɔ.fi\.
What does "philosophie" mean?
As a noun, "philosophie" means: Discours rationnel et critique sur l’univers, cela afin de mieux orienter l’action individuelle et collective.
What words are commonly confused with "philosophie"?
"philosophie" is commonly confused with "philosophy", "philosophies", "philosophique". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "philosophie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "philosophie" is \fi.lɔ.zɔ.fi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "philosophie" come from?
"philosophie" 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.