spiritisme

\spi.ʁi.tism\

/\spi.ʁi.tism\/ noun

The verdict

“spiritisme” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,629. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,629
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
15
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Doctrine qui fonde une communication avec les esprits désincarnés dans les plans spirituels via des médiums.

Corpus desk

Index FR-spiritisme · spiritisme · French

spiritisme · rank #42,629 · 15 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,629
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH spas

Nearest frequency peer: spas (-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 « spiritisme »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « spiritisme » 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 spiritisme
PropertyValue
Headwordspiritisme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\spi.ʁi.tism\
Letters10
Frequency rank#42,629
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « spiritisme »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).spiritismese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « spas » (#42,628), « spoliation » (#42,630), « souillée » (#42,627). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « spiritisme » est au #42,629. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around spiritisme (IPA \spi.ʁi.tism\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,629 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Doctrine qui fonde une communication avec les esprits désincarnés dans les plans spirituels via des médiums.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for spiritisme, with forms such as "psiritisme", "sipritisme", and "spiirtisme". 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. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is spiritisme, spelled S-P-I-R-I-T-I-S-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Doctrine qui fonde une communication avec les esprits désincarnés dans les plans spirituels via des médiums.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le spiritisme peut être considéré comme une variante du spiritualisme dans les pays latins. Sa doctrine repose sur deux piliers : l'identification des esprits avec les âmes des morts et le principe de réincarnation, une croyance qui ne fait pas l'unanimité chez les spiritualistes.
  2. Le spiritisme est né vers 1850. Il a donc, en quarante ans, convaincu vingt millions d'intelligences, parmi lesquelles les cas d’aliénation mentale ne sont pas plus fréquents qu’ailleurs.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • psiritisme
  • sipritisme
  • spiirtisme
  • spiriitsme
  • spiritimse
  • spiritisem
  • spiritismme
  • spiritissme
  • spiritsime
  • spirittisme
  • spirritisme
  • spirtiisme
  • sppiritisme
  • spriitisme
  • sspiritisme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

psiritisme2sipritisme2spiirtisme2spiriitsme2spiritimse2spiritisem2spiritismme1spiritissme1
Edit distance from "spiritisme"

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 "spiritisme"?
"spiritisme" is spelled S-P-I-R-I-T-I-S-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \spi.ʁi.tism\.
What does "spiritisme" mean?
As a noun, "spiritisme" means: Doctrine qui fonde une communication avec les esprits désincarnés dans les plans spirituels via des médiums.
What are common misspellings of "spiritisme"?
Common misspellings include "psiritisme", "sipritisme", "spiirtisme", "spiriitsme", "spiritimse". The correct spelling is "spiritisme".
How do you pronounce "spiritisme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "spiritisme" is \spi.ʁi.tism\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "spiritisme" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list