revanchisme
\ʁə.vɑ̃.ʃism\
The verdict
“revanchisme” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Esprit de revanche.
Corpus desk
Index FR-revanchisme · revanchisme · French
revanchisme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | revanchisme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁə.vɑ̃.ʃism\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
revanchisme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁə.vɑ̃.ʃism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for revanchisme, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is revanchisme, spelled R-E-V-A-N-C-H-I-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Esprit de revanche.
- 2Esprit de revanche correspondant à un sentiment nationaliste entretenu dans l’opinion publique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how revanchisme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
N’oubliez pas que j’essaye de déclencher une guerre. Quelle meilleure façon d’y parvenir que d’attiser les flammes du revanchisme ? — (Jesse Kellerman, Best-seller, traduit de l’anglais américain par Julie Sibony, Éditions du Masque, 2017, page 282)
Les sanctions n’arrêteront sans doute pas la guerre, elles n’entameront pas le pouvoir de Vladimir Poutine. Mais elles finiront par diminuer les moyens dont dispose le Kremlin pour entretenir le revanchisme belliqueux de son chef.
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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.