Which to use
“réalisme” is a noun and “réaliste” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,071
- “réalisme” frequency rank
- #6,133
- “réaliste” frequency rank
- 15204
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | réalisme | réaliste |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Doctrine platonicienne, diversement interprétée et modifiée au Moyen Âge et après, selon laquelle les idées sont des êtres réels, dont les êtres individuels et sensibles ne sont que le reflet et l’image. En ce sens il s’oppose à nominalisme. Dans certaines autres doctrines de la philosophie moderne, il s’oppose à idéalisme. | Qui concerne le réalisme, aux divers sens de ce mot. |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set réalisme and réaliste apart are highlighted. They share 7 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
réalisme and réaliste form a confusable pair in the French index, two distinct headwords that are easily confused because they look alike, sound alike, or both. They differ by a single letter - m in “réalisme” becomes t in “réaliste” - close enough that the eye skips over the difference, far enough that meaning fully diverges. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15204, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
réalisme is recorded at frequency rank #9,071, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.a.lism\. réaliste is at rank #6,133, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁe.a.list\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 15204, this pair ranks #393,389 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Frequency comparison
Frequently Asked Questions
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Remembering réalisme vs réaliste
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- Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “réalisme”; for an adjective, it's “réaliste”.
- See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “réalisme” entry
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