ultracisme
\yl.tʁa.sism\
The verdict
“ultracisme” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Exagération dans les opinions.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ultracisme · ultracisme · French
ultracisme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" 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 | ultracisme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \yl.tʁa.sism\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ultracisme » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ultracisme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \yl.tʁa.sism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for ultracisme in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is ultracisme, spelled U-L-T-R-A-C-I-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Exagération dans les opinions.
- 2Doctrine des royalistes les plus réactionnaires sous la Restauration.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ultracisme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais cela est une autre histoire, et nous en resterons en 1823, empruntant au romancier des Misérables cette définition de l’ultracisme, à peine anachronique en 1862, selon laquelle être ultra, « c’est être si fort pour, qu’on est contre ».
Son uniforme seul et sa brillante cocarde suffisaient pour indisposer contre lui, et jusqu’à la violence, tout ce qui, dans ce bal, n’appartenait pas à la très haute société. C’était une remarque déjà ancienne pour Lucien, que moins il y a d’esprit dans l’ultracisme, plus il est furibond.
Synonyms
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.