sadomasochiste

\sa.dɔ.ma.zɔ.ʃist\

/\sa.dɔ.ma.zɔ.ʃist\/ noun

The verdict

“sadomasochiste” is uncommon French (frequency #91,139 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,139
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui s’adonne au sadomasochisme soit en tant qu’esclave (le dominé ou soumis), en tant que dominant (le maître ou la domina) soit les deux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sadomasochiste · sadomasochiste · French

sadomasochiste · rank #91,139 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,139
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sacrificateurs

Nearest frequency peer: sacrificateurs (-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 « sadomasochiste »

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corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sadomasochiste
PropertyValue
Headwordsadomasochiste
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sa.dɔ.ma.zɔ.ʃist\
Letters14
Frequency rank#91,139
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « sadomasochiste » en français

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

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Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « sacrificateurs » (#91,138), « sahélien » (#91,140), « réévaluée » (#91,136). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sadomasochiste » est au #91,139. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sadomasochiste is uncommon French at frequency #91,139 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \sa.dɔ.ma.zɔ.ʃist\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne qui s’adonne au sadomasochisme soit en tant qu’esclave (le dominé ou soumis), en tant que dominant (le maître ou la domina) soit les deux.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for sadomasochiste, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is sadomasochiste, spelled S-A-D-O-M-A-S-O-C-H-I-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne qui s’adonne au sadomasochisme soit en tant qu’esclave (le dominé ou soumis), en tant que dominant (le maître ou la domina) soit les deux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Nul pourtant n’ignore que ce membre du Conseil d’Administration de plusieurs magasins de grande distribution en grandes surfaces et d’ateliers de fabrication de jouets à la chaîne, est un sadomasochiste archiconnu, sinon ouvertement autoproclamé, sur tous les toits.

Synonyms

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); 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 "sadomasochiste"?
"sadomasochiste" is spelled S-A-D-O-M-A-S-O-C-H-I-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sa.dɔ.ma.zɔ.ʃist\.
What does "sadomasochiste" mean?
As a noun, "sadomasochiste" means: Personne qui s’adonne au sadomasochisme soit en tant qu’esclave (le dominé ou soumis), en tant que dominant (le maître ou la domina) soit les deux.
How do you pronounce "sadomasochiste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sadomasochiste" is \sa.dɔ.ma.zɔ.ʃist\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sadomasochiste" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list