acoustique

\a.kus.tik\

/\a.kus.tik\/ adj

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The verdict

“acoustique” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,334. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,334
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui sert à modifier ou à percevoir les sons.

Corpus desk

Index FR-acoustique · acoustique · French

acoustique · rank #11,334 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #11,334
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH actives

Nearest frequency peer: actives (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « acoustique »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « acoustique » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

acoustique vs acoustiques
91% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for acoustique
PropertyValue
Headwordacoustique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\a.kus.tik\
Letters10
Frequency rank#11,334
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « acoustique »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).acoustiquese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « actives » (#11,335), « évitant » (#11,332), « adaptées » (#11,336). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « acoustique » est au #11,334. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around acoustique (IPA \a.kus.tik\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #11,334 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for acoustique, with forms such as "accoustique", "acosutique", and "acousitque". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "acoustiques", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is acoustique, spelled A-C-O-U-S-T-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui sert à modifier ou à percevoir les sons.
  2. 2
    Relatif aux organes de l’ouïe.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le jeune clerc murmura ces renseignements dans le pavillon d’un tuyau acoustique et reçut en réponse dans le pavillon de sa propre oreille une communication qu’il n’eut garde de rendre publique.
  2. L'appareil acoustique de Marti, qui quelques jours auparavant, nous avait donné 1600 m., nous indiqua des fonds de 250 mètres ; nous étions donc sur le plateau continental.

This word in other languages

acoustic(English)acústico(Español)akustisch(Deutsch)acústico(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • accoustique
  • acosutique
  • acousitque
  • acousstique
  • acoustiqeu
  • acoustiqque
  • acoustiuqe
  • acoustqiue
  • acousttique
  • acoutsique
  • acuostique
  • aocustique
  • caoustique

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of acoustique - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

accoustique1acosutique2acousitque2acousstique1acoustiqeu2acoustiqque1acoustiuqe2acoustqiue2
Edit distance from "acoustique"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "acoustique"?
"acoustique" is spelled A-C-O-U-S-T-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.kus.tik\.
What does "acoustique" mean?
As an adjective, "acoustique" means: Qui sert à modifier ou à percevoir les sons.
What words are commonly confused with "acoustique"?
"acoustique" is commonly confused with "acoustiques". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "acoustique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "acoustique" is \a.kus.tik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "acoustique" come from?
"acoustique" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

algorithme#11,339alternatif#11,340animations#11,342aucunement#11,346

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

résidant13 variantsreproduit13 variantsdéployer13 variantspartagés13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list