vigilantisme
\vi.ʒi.lɑ̃.tizm\
The verdict
“vigilantisme” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fait de faire exercer la loi ou un code moral particulier de manière individuelle et en dehors de toute procédure judiciaire légale.
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Index FR-vigilantisme · vigilantisme · French
vigilantisme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" 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 | vigilantisme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \vi.ʒi.lɑ̃.tizm\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
vigilantisme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \vi.ʒi.lɑ̃.tizm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fait de faire exercer la loi ou un code moral particulier de manière individuelle et en dehors de toute procédure judiciaire légale.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for vigilantisme, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is vigilantisme, spelled V-I-G-I-L-A-N-T-I-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Fait de faire exercer la loi ou un code moral particulier de manière individuelle et en dehors de toute procédure judiciaire légale.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how vigilantisme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Se développe également dans certains pays une forme de violence punitive extra-légale, sous la forme du vigilantisme alimenté par une rhétorique populiste ou bien à travers certaines opérations de police qui s’apparentent à des expéditions punitives ou à des punitions aléatoires.
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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.