argotique

\aʁ.ɡɔ.tik\

/\aʁ.ɡɔ.tik\/ adj

The verdict

“argotique” is uncommon French (frequency #86,424 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,424
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif à l’argot.

Corpus desk

Index FR-argotique · argotique · French

argotique · rank #86,424 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,424
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH archivées

Nearest frequency peer: archivées (-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 « argotique »

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 « argotique » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for argotique
PropertyValue
Headwordargotique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\aʁ.ɡɔ.tik\
Letters9
Frequency rank#86,424
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « argotique » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.argotiquetombe 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: « archivées » (#86,423), « arrangea » (#86,425), « archaeology » (#86,422). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « argotique » est au #86,424. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

argotique is uncommon French at frequency #86,424 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \aʁ.ɡɔ.tik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relatif à l’argot.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for argotique, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is argotique, spelled A-R-G-O-T-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif à l’argot.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Langage argotique.
  2. Sans même inclure dans le corpus de base les termes proprement argotiques (comme clébard ou clebs pour le chien) ou hypocoristiques (comme minou pour le chat), on constate très vite que le problème se complique du fait que non seulement chaque animal a souvent deux noms, parfois beaucoup plus, mais que le nom d’un animal a pu changer au cours du temps : ….

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 "argotique"?
"argotique" is spelled A-R-G-O-T-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \aʁ.ɡɔ.tik\.
What does "argotique" mean?
As an adjective, "argotique" means: Relatif à l’argot.
How do you pronounce "argotique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "argotique" is \aʁ.ɡɔ.tik\. 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 "argotique", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list