putschiste

\pu.tʃist\

/\pu.tʃist\/ noun

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The verdict

“putschiste” is uncommon French (frequency #85,176 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,176
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participant d’un putsch.

Corpus desk

Index FR-putschiste · putschiste · French

putschiste · rank #85,176 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,176
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pup

Nearest frequency peer: pup (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « putschiste »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « putschiste » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for putschiste
PropertyValue
Headwordputschiste
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pu.tʃist\
Letters10
Frequency rank#85,176
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « putschiste » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).putschistetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « pup » (#85,175), « pyramidales » (#85,177), « puno » (#85,174). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « putschiste » est au #85,176. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

putschiste is uncommon French at frequency #85,176 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pu.tʃist\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Participant d’un putsch.".

putschiste has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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 putschiste, spelled P-U-T-S-C-H-I-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participant d’un putsch.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les putschistes sont maîtres du pays.
  2. Laërte aurait donc été un chef de troupe ou un putschiste.

This word in other languages

putschist(English)golpista(Español)Putschist(Deutsch)

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 "putschiste"?
"putschiste" is spelled P-U-T-S-C-H-I-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pu.tʃist\.
What does "putschiste" mean?
As a noun, "putschiste" means: Participant d’un putsch.
How do you pronounce "putschiste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "putschiste" is \pu.tʃist\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "putschiste" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

prévoyants#85,168prédictifs#85,165prodiguent#85,162rafraîchie#85,190

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list