positivisme

\po.zi.ti.vism\

/\po.zi.ti.vism\/ noun

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The verdict

“positivisme” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,967. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,967
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Système de philosophie positive, fondé par Auguste Comte, qui considère que le fondement de la connaissance repose sur l’observation et l’expérience.

Corpus desk

Index FR-positivisme · positivisme · French

positivisme · rank #41,967 · 16 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #41,967
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH poreux

Nearest frequency peer: poreux (-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 « positivisme »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « positivisme » 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).

positivisme vs positivité
73% similar

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

Key facts for positivisme
PropertyValue
Headwordpositivisme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\po.zi.ti.vism\
Letters11
Frequency rank#41,967
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « positivisme »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « poreux » (#41,966), « poétesse » (#41,968), « Prades » (#41,969). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « positivisme » est au #41,967. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around positivisme (IPA \po.zi.ti.vism\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,967 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Système de philosophie positive, fondé par Auguste Comte, qui considère que le fondement de la connaissance repose sur l’observation et l’expérience.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for positivisme, with forms such as "opsitivisme", "poistivisme", and "posiitvisme". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "positivité", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is positivisme, spelled P-O-S-I-T-I-V-I-S-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Système de philosophie positive, fondé par Auguste Comte, qui considère que le fondement de la connaissance repose sur l’observation et l’expérience.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. À Londres, pays du positivisme, les femmes poussent néanmoins fort loin la manie de l’étrange et du mystérieux.
  2. Comte lui avait ensuite donné des certitudes inébranlables dans l’ordre intellectuel, il s’en tenait à la logique, à la claire et décisive méthode du positivisme, hiérarchisant toutes les connaissances, rejetant les inutiles hypothèses métaphysiques, convaincu que par la science seule se résoudrait le problème humain, social et religieux.

This word in other languages

positivism(English)positivismo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opsitivisme
  • poistivisme
  • posiitvisme
  • positiivsme
  • positivimse
  • positivisem
  • positivismme
  • positivissme
  • positivsime
  • positivvisme
  • posittivisme
  • positviisme
  • possitivisme
  • postiivisme
  • ppositivisme
  • psoitivisme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of positivisme - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

opsitivisme2poistivisme2posiitvisme2positiivsme2positivimse2positivisem2positivismme1positivissme1
Edit distance from "positivisme"

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 "positivisme"?
"positivisme" is spelled P-O-S-I-T-I-V-I-S-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \po.zi.ti.vism\.
What does "positivisme" mean?
As a noun, "positivisme" means: Système de philosophie positive, fondé par Auguste Comte, qui considère que le fondement de la connaissance repose sur l’observation et l’expérience.
What words are commonly confused with "positivisme"?
"positivisme" is commonly confused with "positivité". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "positivisme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "positivisme" is \po.zi.ti.vism\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "positivisme" come from?
"positivisme" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

photography#41,958ontologique#41,940observables#41,934remboursera#42,007

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

préservées16 variantsnégligeant16 variantsretrouveras16 variantsnaturalisme16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list