aspic
\as.pik\
The verdict
“aspic” is uncommon French (frequency #67,289 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,289
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Serpent, proche du naja ou du cobra, répandu dans toute l’Afrique et très venimeux, l’aspic de Cléopâtre ou cobra égyptien.
Corpus desk
Index FR-aspic · aspic · French
aspic · rank #67,289 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,289
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH arrosant
Nearest frequency peer: arrosant (-2 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 « aspic »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- apparatchiks
apparatchiks
32,717 corpus weight
- Aquitains
Aquitains
32,716 corpus weight
- Argovie
Argovie
32,715 corpus weight
- arrosant
arrosant
32,714 corpus weight
- aspic
aspic
32,712 corpus weight
- attelée
attelée
32,709 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « aspic » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aspic |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \as.pik\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #67,289 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « aspic » en français
Rare enough to double-check
aspic is uncommon French at frequency #67,289 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \as.pik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for aspic, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is aspic, spelled A-S-P-I-C.
Definition
- 1Serpent, proche du naja ou du cobra, répandu dans toute l’Afrique et très venimeux, l’aspic de Cléopâtre ou cobra égyptien.
- 2Vipère d’Europe de l'ouest, la vipère aspic.
- 3Personne très médisante. Grâce à leur venin, ces serpents ont toujours symbolisé la calomnie. L’aspic des voleurs n’est que la vipère des honnêtes gens.
- 4Un avare.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aspic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Confier ma vie à ce type équivaut à me faire mordre le mollet par un aspic…
La reine Cléopâtre s’est fait mordre par un aspic.
Synonyms
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.
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