anesthésique

\a.nɛs.te.zik\

/\a.nɛs.te.zik\/ adj

The verdict

“anesthésique” is uncommon French (frequency #53,125 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,125
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui produit l’anesthésie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-anesthesique · anesthésique · French

anesthésique · rank #53,125 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,125
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH annonciateur

Nearest frequency peer: annonciateur (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « anesthésique »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « anesthésique » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for anesthésique
PropertyValue
Headwordanesthésique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\a.nɛs.te.zik\
Letters12
Frequency rank#53,125
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « anesthésique » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).anesthésiquetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « annonciateur » (#53,126), « aménage » (#53,123), « annuités » (#53,127). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « anesthésique » est au #53,125. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

anesthésique is uncommon French at frequency #53,125 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.nɛs.te.zik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui produit l’anesthésie.".

No misspelling variants are generated for anesthésique in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is anesthésique, spelled A-N-E-S-T-H-É-S-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui produit l’anesthésie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. PROTOXYDE D’AZOTE […] Découvert par Priestley en 1772. Ses propriétés anesthésiques ont été découvertes par Davy en 1800 ; ce savant le désigna sous le nom de gaz hilarant.

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); 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 "anesthésique"?
"anesthésique" is spelled A-N-E-S-T-H-É-S-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.nɛs.te.zik\.
What does "anesthésique" mean?
As an adjective, "anesthésique" means: Qui produit l’anesthésie.
How do you pronounce "anesthésique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anesthésique" is \a.nɛs.te.zik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list