théosophie
\te.o.zo.fi\
The verdict
“théosophie” is uncommon French (frequency #97,484 among 164,488 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,484
- frequency rank, French
- 164,488
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom générique s'appliquant aux doctrines des gnostiques qui assuraient entrer en communication avec le divin, et gagner à ce contact privilégié, des lumières particulières.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | théosophie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \te.o.zo.fi\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #97,484 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “théosophie” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
théosophie is uncommon French at frequency #97,484 among 164,488 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \te.o.zo.fi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for théosophie, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 théosophie, spelled T-H-É-O-S-O-P-H-I-E.
Definition
- 1Nom générique s'appliquant aux doctrines des gnostiques qui assuraient entrer en communication avec le divin, et gagner à ce contact privilégié, des lumières particulières.
- 2Doctrine ésotérique et philosophique fondée sur les écrits de Helena Blavatsky.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “théosophie”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-H-É-O-S-O-P-H-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \te.o.zo.fi\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.