aphrodisiaque
\a.fʁɔ.di.zjak\
The verdict
“aphrodisiaque” is uncommon French (frequency #53,130 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,130
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est propre à exciter aux plaisirs de l’amour.
Corpus desk
Index FR-aphrodisiaque · aphrodisiaque · French
aphrodisiaque · rank #53,130 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,130
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH apprendrait
Nearest frequency peer: apprendrait (+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 « aphrodisiaque »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- annuités
annuités
46,874 corpus weight
- antilopes
antilopes
46,873 corpus weight
- aphrodisiaq…
aphrodisiaque
46,871 corpus weight
- apprendrait
apprendrait
46,870 corpus weight
- apprêter
apprêter
46,869 corpus weight
- appuyaient
appuyaient
46,868 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « aphrodisiaque » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aphrodisiaque |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a.fʁɔ.di.zjak\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #53,130 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « aphrodisiaque » en français
Rare enough to double-check
aphrodisiaque is uncommon French at frequency #53,130 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.fʁɔ.di.zjak\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui est propre à exciter aux plaisirs de l’amour.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for aphrodisiaque, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is aphrodisiaque, spelled A-P-H-R-O-D-I-S-I-A-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Qui est propre à exciter aux plaisirs de l’amour.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aphrodisiaque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Belles toutes deux, elles portent des ceintures ocellées et leur quasi-nudité, parfumée violemment, exhale un parfum aphrodisiaque.
La camomille est à la fois aphrodisiaque et très relaxante, supprimant le stress.
Antonyms
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.
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