strophologisme
\stʁɔ.fɔ.lɔ.ʒizm\
The verdict
“strophologisme” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonyme de virelangue.
Corpus desk
Index FR-strophologisme · strophologisme · French
strophologisme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | strophologisme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \stʁɔ.fɔ.lɔ.ʒizm\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « strophologisme » en français
Rare enough to double-check
strophologisme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \stʁɔ.fɔ.lɔ.ʒizm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonyme de virelangue.".
strophologisme has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is strophologisme, spelled S-T-R-O-P-H-O-L-O-G-I-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Synonyme de virelangue.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how strophologisme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Essayons maintenant de définir : le vire-langue ou strophologisme est une suite de mots ou de phrases, une formulette souvent assonancée, quelquefois rimée, présentant diverses difficultés de prononciation.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.