atypique

\a.ti.pik\

/\a.ti.pik\/ adj

The verdict

“atypique” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,305. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,305
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui n’a pas de type déterminé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-atypique · atypique · French

atypique · rank #15,305 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,305
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH armer

Nearest frequency peer: armer (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « atypique »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « atypique » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

atypique vs atypiques
89% similar
atypique vs attique
75% similar
atypique vs atomique
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for atypique
PropertyValue
Headwordatypique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\a.ti.pik\
Letters8
Frequency rank#15,305
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « atypique »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).atypiquese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « armer » (#15,304), « auditions » (#15,306), « appartenu » (#15,303). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « atypique » est au #15,305. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around atypique (IPA \a.ti.pik\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #15,305 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for atypique, with forms such as "atpyique", "attypique", and "atyipque". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "atypiques", "attique", "atomique", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is atypique, spelled A-T-Y-P-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui n’a pas de type déterminé.
  2. 2
    Qui est différent du type habituel.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Souvent, histoire de passer le temps, les paléopathologistes entrent dans les églises dans l’espoir d’y repérer une tombe atypique, une relique extravagante, une inscription funéraire plus ou moins attirante.
  2. Pour vendre ses atypiques batteries LMP (lithium-métal-polymère), le Breton avait topé, en 2010, avec Bertrand Delanoë pour installer des voitures électriques en libre-service à Paris.

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • atpyique
  • attypique
  • atyipque
  • atypiqeu
  • atypiqque
  • atypiuqe
  • atyppique
  • atypqiue
  • atyypique
  • aytpique
  • taypique

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of atypique - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

atpyique2attypique1atyipque2atypiqeu2atypiqque1atypiuqe2atyppique1atypqiue2
Edit distance from "atypique"

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 "atypique"?
"atypique" is spelled A-T-Y-P-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ti.pik\.
What does "atypique" mean?
As an adjective, "atypique" means: Qui n’a pas de type déterminé.
What words are commonly confused with "atypique"?
"atypique" is commonly confused with "atypiques", "attique", "atomique". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "atypique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "atypique" is \a.ti.pik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "atypique" come from?
"atypique" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "atypique", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list