pusillanimité
\py.zi.la.ni.mi.te\
The verdict
“pusillanimité” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Excessive timidité, manque de courage.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pusillanimite · pusillanimité · French
pusillanimité · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pusillanimité |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \py.zi.la.ni.mi.te\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
pusillanimité is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \py.zi.la.ni.mi.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Excessive timidité, manque de courage.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for pusillanimité in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is pusillanimité, spelled P-U-S-I-L-L-A-N-I-M-I-T-É.
Definition
- 1Excessive timidité, manque de courage.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pusillanimité appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Après avoir mis la lettre à la boîte, le vétérinaire sentit pourtant une onde de frayeur et de regret courir sous sa jaquette, en songeant au redoutable secret qu’il venait de confier à la poste. Il se ressaisit aussitôt et s’accusa de pusillanimité.
Pusillanimité occidentale face à la Russie
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.