pragmatisme

/\pʁaɡ.ma.tism\/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#22,981

in French word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

pragmatisme is aFrenchnoun. It 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... Pronounced \pʁaɡ.ma.tism\. Often confused with pragmatique.

Key facts for pragmatisme
PropertyValue
Headwordpragmatisme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁaɡ.ma.tism\
Letters11
Frequency rank#22,981
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for pragmatisme is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pʁaɡ.ma.tism\. Corpus data places it at rank #22,981 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for pragmatisme, with forms such as "pargmatisme", "ppragmatisme", and "pragamtisme". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "pragmatique", 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 pragmatisme, spelled P-R-A-G-M-A-T-I-S-M-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 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. 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

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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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pragmatisme

Misspelling Variants of "pragmatisme"

pargmatisme11ppragmatisme12pragamtisme11praggmatisme12pragmaitsme11pragmatimse11pragmatisem11pragmatismme12
Misspelling Variants of "pragmatisme"

Frequency rank: #22,981 in French

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 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.