catastrophiques

\ka.tas.tʁɔ.fik\

/\ka.tas.tʁɔ.fik\/ adj

The verdict

“catastrophiques” has 23 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,133. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,133
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
23
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de catastrophique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-catastrophiques · catastrophiques · French

catastrophiques · rank #23,133 · 23 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #23,133
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 23 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH casanova

Nearest frequency peer: casanova (-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 « catastrophiques »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « catastrophiques » 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).

catastrophiques vs catastrophique
93% similar

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

Key facts for catastrophiques
PropertyValue
Headwordcatastrophiques
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ka.tas.tʁɔ.fik\
Letters15
Frequency rank#23,133
Misspellings tracked23
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « catastrophiques »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.catastrophiquesse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « casanova » (#23,132), « chabot » (#23,134), « Carson » (#23,131). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « catastrophiques » est au #23,133. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 23 spelling variants around catastrophiques (IPA \ka.tas.tʁɔ.fik\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #23,133 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de catastrophique.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 23 likely wrong-spelling variants for catastrophiques, with forms such as "actastrophiques", "caatstrophiques", and "catasrtophiques". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "catastrophique", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is catastrophiques, spelled C-A-T-A-S-T-R-O-P-H-I-Q-U-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de catastrophique.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • actastrophiques
  • caatstrophiques
  • catasrtophiques
  • catasstrophiques
  • catastorphiques
  • catastrohpiques
  • catastrophhiques
  • catastrophiqeus
  • catastrophiqques
  • catastrophiquess
  • catastrophiquse
  • catastrophiuqes
  • catastrophqiues
  • catastropihques
  • catastropphiques
  • catastrpohiques
  • catastrrophiques
  • catasttrophiques
  • catatsrophiques
  • catsatrophiques
  • cattastrophiques
  • ccatastrophiques
  • ctaastrophiques

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of catastrophiques - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

actastrophiques2caatstrophiques2catasrtophiques2catasstrophiques1catastorphiques2catastrohpiques2catastrophhiques1catastrophiqeus2
Edit distance from "catastrophiques"

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 "catastrophiques"?
"catastrophiques" is spelled C-A-T-A-S-T-R-O-P-H-I-Q-U-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.tas.tʁɔ.fik\.
What does "catastrophiques" mean?
As an adjective, "catastrophiques" means: Pluriel de catastrophique.
What words are commonly confused with "catastrophiques"?
"catastrophiques" is commonly confused with "catastrophique". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "catastrophiques"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "catastrophiques" is \ka.tas.tʁɔ.fik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "catastrophiques" come from?
"catastrophiques" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (23 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list