aspartique
\as.paʁ.tik\
The verdict
“aspartique” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif à un acide aminé dicarboxylique, constituant de toutes les protéines, l’un des vingt acides aminés du code génétique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-aspartique · aspartique · French
aspartique · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aspartique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \as.paʁ.tik\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
aspartique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \as.paʁ.tik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relatif à un acide aminé dicarboxylique, constituant de toutes les protéines, l’un des vingt acides aminés du code génétique.".
Zero misspellings are on record for aspartique in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 aspartique, spelled A-S-P-A-R-T-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Relatif à un acide aminé dicarboxylique, constituant de toutes les protéines, l’un des vingt acides aminés du code génétique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aspartique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’acide aspartique se combine avec les bases et constitue un nouveau genre de sels qui doit prendre la dénomination d’aspartate.
Cet acide a quelques rapports avec l’acide acétique ; il se produit en traitant l’asparagine par un alcali ; il avait d’abord été confondu avec l’acide malique, cause qui a fait préférer le nom d’aspartique à celui d’asparagique […].
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.