acupuncture

Name: acupuncture, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\a.ky.pɔ̃k.tyʁ\

/\a.ky.pɔ̃k.tyʁ\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“acupuncture” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,582. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,582
frequency rank, French: 6,727
“A” headwords: 16
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Technique pseudo-scientifique consistant en l’utilisation d'aiguilles réparties sur des points précis du corps dans le but de produire un effet positif sur l'organisme du malade ainsi traité.

Corpus desk

Index FR-acupuncture · acupuncture · French

acupuncture · rank #40,582 · 16 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #40,582
LEN-MEGA 11 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 16 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,727
PHOTO-FINISH actualisée

Nearest frequency peer: actualisée (-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.

accuses

59,422
acquittée

59,421
actualisée

59,420
acupuncture

59,419
additionner

59,418
adorez

59,417

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

Key facts for acupuncture
Property	Value
Headword	acupuncture
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\a.ky.pɔ̃k.tyʁ\
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#40,582
Misspellings tracked	16
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « acupuncture »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).acupuncturese place ici:

#40,582

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « actualisée » (#40,581), « additionner » (#40,583), « acquittée » (#40,580). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « acupuncture » est au #40,582. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around acupuncture (IPA \a.ky.pɔ̃k.tyʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,582 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for acupuncture, with forms such as "accupuncture", "acpuuncture", and "acupnucture". 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. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 acupuncture, spelled A-C-U-P-U-N-C-T-U-R-E.

Definition

1
Technique pseudo-scientifique consistant en l’utilisation d'aiguilles réparties sur des points précis du corps dans le but de produire un effet positif sur l'organisme du malade ainsi traité.
2
Opération consistant à introduire une ou plusieurs aiguilles dans la partie douloureuse du corps.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

La vogue de l’acupuncture lui fournit l’occasion de donner quelques détails sur ce procédé, usité à la Chine et au Japon, et peut-être trop vite abandonné parmi nous.
Enfin, de nombreuses approches médicales ou paramédicales sont à disposition pour améliorer la santé des yeux, depuis « le massage yoga jusqu’à l’acupuncture, en passant par le shiatsu, la phytothérapie, l’aromathérapie, la mésothérapie, l’hypnose et les remèdes de grand-mère, à l’instar du sachet de thé noir infusé en cas d’inflammation », liste la docte…

This word in other languages

acupuncture(English)acupuntura(Español)Akupunktur(Deutsch)acupuntura(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

accupuncture
acpuuncture
acupnucture
acuppuncture
acupucnture
acupunccture
acupunctrue
acupunctture
acupunctuer
acupuncturre
acupuncutre
acupunncture
acupuntcure
acuupncture
aucpuncture
caupuncture

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of acupuncture - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "acupuncture"

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 "acupuncture"?

"acupuncture" is spelled A-C-U-P-U-N-C-T-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ky.pɔ̃k.tyʁ\.

What does "acupuncture" mean?

As a noun, "acupuncture" means: Technique pseudo-scientifique consistant en l’utilisation d'aiguilles réparties sur des points précis du corps dans le but de produire un effet positif sur l'organisme du malade ainsi traité.

What are common misspellings of "acupuncture"?

Common misspellings include "accupuncture", "acpuuncture", "acupnucture", "acuppuncture", "acupucnture". The correct spelling is "acupuncture".

How do you pronounce "acupuncture"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "acupuncture" is \a.ky.pɔ̃k.tyʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "acupuncture" come from?

"acupuncture" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

additionner#40,583 abandonnait#40,575 alignements#40,589 équilibrage#40,568

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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