spirite

\spi.ʁit\

/\spi.ʁit\/ noun

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The verdict

“spirite” is uncommon French (frequency #72,754 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,754
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui prétend communiquer avec les esprits des morts par l’intermédiaire d’un médium.

Corpus desk

Index FR-spirite · spirite · French

spirite · rank #72,754 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,754
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH Spitfire

Nearest frequency peer: Spitfire (+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 « spirite »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for spirite
PropertyValue
Headwordspirite
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\spi.ʁit\
Letters7
Frequency rank#72,754
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « spirite » en français

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Spitfire » (#72,755), « soutenais » (#72,752), « splinter » (#72,756). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « spirite » est au #72,754. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

spirite is uncommon French at frequency #72,754 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \spi.ʁit\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for spirite, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is spirite, spelled S-P-I-R-I-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne qui prétend communiquer avec les esprits des morts par l’intermédiaire d’un médium.
  2. 2
    Personne pratiquant le spiritisme selon les pratiques établies par son fondateur Allan Kardec.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Maintenant, quand on reparlait des tables tournantes, il affectait de rire, ce qui ne l’empêchait pas d’être demeuré au fond un spirite impénitent.
  2. — Eh bien, je ne sais plus que croire. Entre autres choses, et ça, c’était avant votre départ, elle m’a menée chez des spirites, à Passy. Là, une dame anglaise qui regardait dans une carafe m’a écrit une lettre de la part de mon père mort, et juste son écriture — comme je vous vois.

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 "spirite"?
"spirite" is spelled S-P-I-R-I-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \spi.ʁit\.
What does "spirite" mean?
As a noun, "spirite" means: Personne qui prétend communiquer avec les esprits des morts par l’intermédiaire d’un médium.
How do you pronounce "spirite"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "spirite" is \spi.ʁit\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "spirite" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

skateur#72,746simulés#72,744shérifs#72,739shuttle#72,738

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list