pragmatisme

Name: pragmatisme, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\pʁaɡ.ma.tism\

/\pʁaɡ.ma.tism\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“pragmatisme” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,981. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,981
frequency rank, French: 248,534
“P” headwords: 17
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Courant apparu aux États-Unis à la fin du XIXᵉ siècle et regroupant divers penseurs pour lesquels la vérité d'un énoncé, d'un principe d'action réside dans son efficacité pratique, ses applications...

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

pragmatisme vs pragmatique

82% similar

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

Key facts for pragmatisme
Property	Value
Headword	pragmatisme
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\pʁaɡ.ma.tism\
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#22,981
Misspellings tracked	17
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “pragmatisme” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). pragmatisme lands here:

#22,981

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around pragmatisme (IPA \pʁaɡ.ma.tism\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,981 among 248,534 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for pragmatisme, with forms such as "pargmatisme", "ppragmatisme", and "pragamtisme". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "pragmatique", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is pragmatisme, spelled P-R-A-G-M-A-T-I-S-M-E.

Definition

1
Courant apparu aux États-Unis à la fin du XIXᵉ siècle et regroupant divers penseurs pour lesquels la vérité d'un énoncé, d'un principe d'action réside dans son efficacité pratique, ses applications concrètes.
2
Qualité d’une personne qui, dans ses actions, privilégie l’efficacité et l’utilité, s’adapte aux circonstances, met en œuvre les moyens propres à obtenir des résultats rapides et concrets.

Antonyms

dogmatisme idéalisme

This word in other languages

pragmatism(English)pragmatismo(Español)Pragmatismus(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

pargmatisme
ppragmatisme
pragamtisme
praggmatisme
pragmaitsme
pragmatimse
pragmatisem
pragmatismme
pragmatissme
pragmatsime
pragmattisme
pragmmatisme
pragmtaisme
pramgatisme
prgamatisme
prragmatisme
rpagmatisme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pragmatisme - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "pragmatisme"

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 "pragmatisme"?

"pragmatisme" is spelled P-R-A-G-M-A-T-I-S-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁaɡ.ma.tism\.

What does "pragmatisme" mean?

As a noun, "pragmatisme" means: Courant apparu aux États-Unis à la fin du XIXᵉ siècle et regroupant divers penseurs pour lesquels la vérité d'un énoncé, d'un principe d'action réside dans son efficacité pratique, ses applications...

What words are commonly confused with "pragmatisme"?

"pragmatisme" is commonly confused with "pragmatique". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "pragmatisme"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pragmatisme" is \pʁaɡ.ma.tism\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "pragmatisme" come from?

"pragmatisme" 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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Using “pragmatisme”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct French spelling is P-R-A-G-M-A-T-I-S-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as \pʁaɡ.ma.tism\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
Don't mix it up with “pragmatique” - see the side-by-side comparison. pragmatisme vs pragmatique
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.