snobisme

\snɔ.bism\

/\snɔ.bism\/ noun

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The verdict

“snobisme” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,740. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,740
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vanité ; attitude de snob.

Corpus desk

Index FR-snobisme · snobisme · French

snobisme · rank #44,740 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #44,740
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sisyphe

Nearest frequency peer: Sisyphe (-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 « snobisme »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « snobisme » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

snobisme vs sionisme
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for snobisme
PropertyValue
Headwordsnobisme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\snɔ.bism\
Letters8
Frequency rank#44,740
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « snobisme »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Sisyphe » (#44,739), « sold » (#44,741), « simulateurs » (#44,738). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « snobisme » est au #44,740. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around snobisme (IPA \snɔ.bism\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,740 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Vanité ; attitude de snob.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for snobisme, with forms such as "nsobisme", "snboisme", and "snnobisme". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "sionisme", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 snobisme, spelled S-N-O-B-I-S-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vanité ; attitude de snob.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les attifages des riches, sans cesse transformés par ceux qui exploitent leur snobisme, sont immédiatement exposés dans les villes en des milliers d’étalages, à la convoitise de celles qui rêvent de se comparer aux plus enviées.
  2. Voilà ce qu’il faut réapprendre aux Français, gâtés d’un côté par les prétentions, le snobisme, la fausse élégance, de l’autre par une philosophie pleurnicharde, toute faite d’abandons à une sensibilité assez vile, à une sensiblerie aussi vaine que dévirilisante.

This word in other languages

snobbery(English)esnobismo(Español)Snobismus(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • nsobisme
  • snboisme
  • snnobisme
  • snobbisme
  • snobimse
  • snobisem
  • snobismme
  • snobissme
  • snobsime
  • snoibsme
  • sonbisme
  • ssnobisme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of snobisme - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

nsobisme2snboisme2snnobisme1snobbisme1snobimse2snobisem2snobismme1snobissme1
Edit distance from "snobisme"

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 "snobisme"?
"snobisme" is spelled S-N-O-B-I-S-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \snɔ.bism\.
What does "snobisme" mean?
As a noun, "snobisme" means: Vanité ; attitude de snob.
What words are commonly confused with "snobisme"?
"snobisme" is commonly confused with "sionisme". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "snobisme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "snobisme" is \snɔ.bism\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "snobisme" come from?
"snobisme" 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 "snobisme", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

solubles#44,742souciait#44,746sergents#44,728sentinel#44,727

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

Sicilienne12 variantsstrings12 variantssuppliant12 variantsrééditer12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list