antibiotique

\ɑ̃.ti.bjɔ.tik\

/\ɑ̃.ti.bjɔ.tik\/ adj

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The verdict

“antibiotique” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,463. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,463
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pourvu d’une action destructrice à l’égard des micro-organismes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-antibiotique · antibiotique · French

antibiotique · rank #30,463 · 16 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #30,463
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH antagoniste

Nearest frequency peer: antagoniste (-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 « antibiotique »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « antibiotique » 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).

antibiotique vs antibiotiques
92% similar

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

Key facts for antibiotique
PropertyValue
Headwordantibiotique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɑ̃.ti.bjɔ.tik\
Letters12
Frequency rank#30,463
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « antibiotique »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.antibiotiquese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « antagoniste » (#30,462), « antichambre » (#30,464), « angine » (#30,461). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « antibiotique » est au #30,463. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around antibiotique (IPA \ɑ̃.ti.bjɔ.tik\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #30,463 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pourvu d’une action destructrice à l’égard des micro-organismes.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for antibiotique, with forms such as "anitbiotique", "anntibiotique", and "antbiiotique". 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, "antibiotiques", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 antibiotique, spelled A-N-T-I-B-I-O-T-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pourvu d’une action destructrice à l’égard des micro-organismes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. De nombreuses moisissures ont des effets antibiotiques.

Antonyms

eubiotique

This word in other languages

antibiotic(English)antibiótico(Español)antibiotisch(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • anitbiotique
  • anntibiotique
  • antbiiotique
  • antibbiotique
  • antibioitque
  • antibiotiqeu
  • antibiotiqque
  • antibiotiuqe
  • antibiotqiue
  • antibiottique
  • antibitoique
  • antiboitique
  • antiibotique
  • anttibiotique
  • atnibiotique
  • natibiotique

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of antibiotique - 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.

anitbiotique2anntibiotique1antbiiotique2antibbiotique1antibioitque2antibiotiqeu2antibiotiqque1antibiotiuqe2
Edit distance from "antibiotique"

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 "antibiotique"?
"antibiotique" is spelled A-N-T-I-B-I-O-T-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.ti.bjɔ.tik\.
What does "antibiotique" mean?
As an adjective, "antibiotique" means: Pourvu d’une action destructrice à l’égard des micro-organismes.
What words are commonly confused with "antibiotique"?
"antibiotique" is commonly confused with "antibiotiques". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "antibiotique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "antibiotique" is \ɑ̃.ti.bjɔ.tik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "antibiotique" come from?
"antibiotique" 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 "antibiotique", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

articulaires#30,472autoportrait#30,480éliminatoire#30,439viticulteurs#30,425

Similar misspelling depth

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

antagoniste16 variantsaperçoivent16 variantsécartement16 variantsclignotant16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list