socialism

\ˈsoʊʃəˌlɪzəm\

/\ˈsoʊʃəˌlɪzəm\/ noun

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The verdict

“socialism” is uncommon French (frequency #94,285 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,285
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Socialisme, socialisation sociale et économique, condamnant les inégalités sociales et la propriété privée des moyens de production.

Corpus desk

Index FR-socialism · socialism · French

socialism · rank #94,285 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,285
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH smell

Nearest frequency peer: smell (-2 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 « socialism »

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 « socialism » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for socialism
PropertyValue
Headwordsocialism
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈsoʊʃəˌlɪzəm\
Letters9
Frequency rank#94,285
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « socialism » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.socialismtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « smell » (#94,283), « soierie » (#94,287), « soissonnais » (#94,288). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « socialism » est au #94,285. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

socialism is uncommon French at frequency #94,285 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈsoʊʃəˌlɪzəm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for socialism, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is socialism, spelled S-O-C-I-A-L-I-S-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Socialisme, socialisation sociale et économique, condamnant les inégalités sociales et la propriété privée des moyens de production.
  2. 2
    Socialisme, phase de transition entre le capitalisme et le communisme définie comme une dissolution de l’économie de marché.
  3. 3
    Toute idéologie de gauche, réglementation gouvernementale ou politique promouvant un État-providence, une nationalisation, etc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. …Americans as a rule have no faith in the fundamental doctrine of socialism — no private property. To be sure, that fundamental doctrine is not expressly maintained in this program of the British Labor Party ; but all its proposals lead straight to the adoption by the nation of that doctrine…
  2. As Gorbachev understood perestroika, the Soviet Union would retain the principal components of state socialism (state control over the means of production and centralized planning), meaning that state control over the economy and the labor force were to be maintained.

Synonyms

social democracycommunism

Antonyms

capitalismfree enterprise

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 "socialism"?
"socialism" is spelled S-O-C-I-A-L-I-S-M. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈsoʊʃəˌlɪzəm\.
What does "socialism" mean?
As a noun, "socialism" means: Socialisme, socialisation sociale et économique, condamnant les inégalités sociales et la propriété privée des moyens de production.
How do you pronounce "socialism"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "socialism" is \ˈsoʊʃəˌlɪzəm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "socialism" come from?
"socialism" 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 "socialism", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

souillent#94,291Schönberg#94,259sécrétées#94,316Sakhaline#94,239

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list