alphanumérique
\al.fa.ny.me.ʁik\
The verdict
“alphanumérique” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui contient (ou peut contenir, selon le contexte) à la fois des chiffres et des lettres de l’alphabet latin ;
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alphanumérique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \al.fa.ny.me.ʁik\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “alphanumérique” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for alphanumérique is 14 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \al.fa.ny.me.ʁik\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for alphanumérique in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is alphanumérique, spelled A-L-P-H-A-N-U-M-É-R-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Qui contient (ou peut contenir, selon le contexte) à la fois des chiffres et des lettres de l’alphabet latin ;
- 2Relatif à une valeur de caractère codant soit pour une lettre, soit pour un chiffre (et éventuellement pour d’autres signes conventionnels).
- 3Relatif à une valeur de caractère codant soit pour une lettre, soit pour un chiffre (et éventuellement pour d’autres signes conventionnels).
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “alphanumérique”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-L-P-H-A-N-U-M-É-R-I-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \al.fa.ny.me.ʁik\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.