utilitarisme
\y.ti.li.ta.ʁism\
The verdict
“utilitarisme” is uncommon French (frequency #64,858 among 44,794 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,858
- frequency rank, French
- 44,794
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Doctrine qui consiste à ramener la notion du bien à celle de l’utilité, à faire de l’intérêt le principe du droit et de la morale.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | utilitarisme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \y.ti.li.ta.ʁism\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #64,858 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “utilitarisme” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
utilitarisme is uncommon French at frequency #64,858 among 44,794 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \y.ti.li.ta.ʁism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for utilitarisme in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is utilitarisme, spelled U-T-I-L-I-T-A-R-I-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Doctrine qui consiste à ramener la notion du bien à celle de l’utilité, à faire de l’intérêt le principe du droit et de la morale.
- 2(Plus récemment, notamment chez les antispécistes) Doctrine qui mesure la moralité d’une action à l’aune des conséquences, positives ou négatives, qu’elle produit chez tous les êtres sensibles — humains et animaux — concernés.
- 3Action politique inspirée par l’utilitarisme.
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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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- The one correct French spelling is U-T-I-L-I-T-A-R-I-S-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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