vampirisme

\vɑ̃.pi.ʁism\

/\vɑ̃.pi.ʁism\/ noun

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The verdict

“vampirisme” is uncommon French (frequency #81,669 among 148,117 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,669
frequency rank, French
148,117
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - État des vampires.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vampirisme · vampirisme · French

vampirisme · rank #81,669 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,669
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 148,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Vallois

Nearest frequency peer: Vallois (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “vampirisme”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “vampirisme” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for vampirisme
PropertyValue
Headwordvampirisme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vɑ̃.pi.ʁism\
Letters10
Frequency rank#81,669
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “vampirisme” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). vampirisme lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

vampirisme is uncommon French at frequency #81,669 among 148,117 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \vɑ̃.pi.ʁism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

vampirisme doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is vampirisme, spelled V-A-M-P-I-R-I-S-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    État des vampires.
  2. 2
    Croyance aux vampires.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. les cadavres de ces quatre autres personnes mortes de Vampirisme.
  2. Oui, dans mon enfance, j’ai vu déterrer, dans le cimetière d’un village appartenant à mon père, quarante personnes mortes en quinze jours, sans que l’on pût deviner la cause de leur mort. Dix-sept ont donné tous les signes du vampirisme, c’est-à-dire qu’on les a retrouvés frais, vermeils, et pareils à des vivants ; les autres étaient leurs victimes.

This word in other languages

vampirism(English)

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vampirisme"?
"vampirisme" is spelled V-A-M-P-I-R-I-S-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \vɑ̃.pi.ʁism\.
What does "vampirisme" mean?
As a noun, "vampirisme" means: État des vampires.
How do you pronounce "vampirisme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vampirisme" is \vɑ̃.pi.ʁism\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vampirisme" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Data Source

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list