ataraxie
\a.ta.ʁak.si\
The verdict
“ataraxie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État du sage affranchi de toute émotion, de toute passion, ou bien sans troubles de l’âme.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ataraxie · ataraxie · French
ataraxie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | ataraxie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.ta.ʁak.si\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
ataraxie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.ta.ʁak.si\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ataraxie, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is ataraxie, spelled A-T-A-R-A-X-I-E.
Definition
- 1État du sage affranchi de toute émotion, de toute passion, ou bien sans troubles de l’âme.
- 2Absence de trouble dans l’appareil digestif.
- 3Calme de l’esprit ; état d’une personne qui ne se laisse troubler par rien ; état d’indifférence émotionnelle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ataraxie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tout d’abord, il ne faut pas penser que la connaissance des réalités célestes, qu’on les examine en relation à autre chose, ou pour elles-mêmes, ait une autre fin que l’ataraxie et la certitude ferme, ainsi qu’il en est pour tout le reste.
Elle prenait le visage sournois de l’ataraxie.
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.