populisme

\pɔ.py.lism\

/\pɔ.py.lism\/ noun

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The verdict

“populisme” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,317. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,317
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Discours politique favorable aux classes défavorisées, et souvent hostile aux élites.

Corpus desk

Index FR-populisme · populisme · French

populisme · rank #23,317 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,317
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pond

Nearest frequency peer: pond (-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 « populisme »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « populisme » 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).

populisme vs populiste
89% similar
populisme vs populistes
80% similar

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

Key facts for populisme
PropertyValue
Headwordpopulisme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɔ.py.lism\
Letters9
Frequency rank#23,317
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « populisme »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pond » (#23,316), « poussins » (#23,318), « pompée » (#23,315). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « populisme » est au #23,317. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around populisme (IPA \pɔ.py.lism\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,317 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for populisme, with forms such as "oppulisme", "popluisme", and "poppulisme". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "populiste", "populistes", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is populisme, spelled P-O-P-U-L-I-S-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Discours politique favorable aux classes défavorisées, et souvent hostile aux élites.
  2. 2
    Courant de pensée qui se développe dans la Russie de la seconde moitié du XIXe siècle et qui prône un développement économique non industriel, sinon ouvrier et centré autour de la communauté paysanne.
  3. 3
    Courant littéraire français cherchant à dépeindre avec réalisme la vie des gens du peuple.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’héritage Johnson reste bien ancré : « L’identité britannique se construit de plus en plus en opposition avec l’identité européenne, et le populisme antieuropéen et antifrançais devrait fonctionner encore longtemps », poursuit Gilles Leydier, professeur et spécialiste de la Grande-Bretagne à l’université du Sud Toulon-Var.
  2. Est-ce faire du populisme de bas étage que de trouver qu’un salaire mensuel de 15.117 € pour un collaborateur du ministre du Budget c’est purement et simplement scandaleux ?

Antonyms

bourgeoisismeélitisme

This word in other languages

populism(English)populismo(Español)Populismus(Deutsch)populismo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oppulisme
  • popluisme
  • poppulisme
  • popuilsme
  • populimse
  • populisem
  • populismme
  • populissme
  • popullisme
  • populsime
  • pouplisme
  • ppopulisme
  • ppoulisme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

oppulisme2popluisme2poppulisme1popuilsme2populimse2populisem2populismme1populissme1
Edit distance from "populisme"

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 "populisme"?
"populisme" is spelled P-O-P-U-L-I-S-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔ.py.lism\.
What does "populisme" mean?
As a noun, "populisme" means: Discours politique favorable aux classes défavorisées, et souvent hostile aux élites.
What words are commonly confused with "populisme"?
"populisme" is commonly confused with "populiste", "populistes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "populisme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "populisme" is \pɔ.py.lism\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "populisme" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

plomberie#23,313Pentecôte#23,310pénitence#23,326pacifiste#23,306

Similar misspelling depth

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

prélevés13 variantsrapportait13 variantsrejoindra13 variantsmouchoirs13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list