sectarisme

\sɛk.ta.ʁism\

/\sɛk.ta.ʁism\/ noun

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The verdict

“sectarisme” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,001. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,001
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
15
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Caractère de celui ou de celle qui est sectaire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sectarisme · sectarisme · French

sectarisme · rank #41,001 · 15 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,001
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sectorielles

Nearest frequency peer: sectorielles (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « sectarisme »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « sectarisme » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sectarisme
PropertyValue
Headwordsectarisme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɛk.ta.ʁism\
Letters10
Frequency rank#41,001
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sectarisme »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.sectarismese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « sectorielles » (#41,002), « sensorielles » (#41,003), « serrez » (#41,004). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sectarisme » est au #41,001. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around sectarisme (IPA \sɛk.ta.ʁism\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,001 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Caractère de celui ou de celle qui est sectaire.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for sectarisme, with forms such as "esctarisme", "scetarisme", and "secatrisme". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is sectarisme, spelled S-E-C-T-A-R-I-S-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Caractère de celui ou de celle qui est sectaire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Je hais le sectarisme de certains hommes de parti.

This word in other languages

bigotry(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esctarisme
  • scetarisme
  • secatrisme
  • secctarisme
  • sectairsme
  • sectarimse
  • sectarisem
  • sectarismme
  • sectarissme
  • sectarrisme
  • sectarsime
  • sectraisme
  • secttarisme
  • setcarisme
  • ssectarisme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sectarisme - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

esctarisme2scetarisme2secatrisme2secctarisme1sectairsme2sectarimse2sectarisem2sectarismme1
Edit distance from "sectarisme"

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 "sectarisme"?
"sectarisme" is spelled S-E-C-T-A-R-I-S-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sɛk.ta.ʁism\.
What does "sectarisme" mean?
As a noun, "sectarisme" means: Caractère de celui ou de celle qui est sectaire.
What are common misspellings of "sectarisme"?
Common misspellings include "esctarisme", "scetarisme", "secatrisme", "secctarisme", "sectairsme". The correct spelling is "sectarisme".
How do you pronounce "sectarisme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sectarisme" is \sɛk.ta.ʁism\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sectarisme" come from?
"sectarisme" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

subalterne#41,023suspicieux#41,029ressenties#40,964reproduira#40,963

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

révoltent15 variantspréemption15 variantsvieillissante15 variantspraticable15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list