celtique

\sɛl.tik\

/\sɛl.tik\/ adj

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The verdict

“celtique” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,474. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,474
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui appartient, qui est relatif aux Celtes, à leurs traditions, à leur langue, le celte.

Corpus desk

Index FR-celtique · celtique · French

celtique · rank #19,474 · 11 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,474
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Cavani

Nearest frequency peer: Cavani (-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 « celtique »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « celtique » 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).

celtique vs clique
75% similar
celtique vs critique
75% similar
celtique vs celtiques
89% similar

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

Key facts for celtique
PropertyValue
Headwordceltique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\sɛl.tik\
Letters8
Frequency rank#19,474
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « celtique »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Cavani » (#19,473), « certitudes » (#19,475), « casseurs » (#19,472). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « celtique » est au #19,474. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around celtique (IPA \sɛl.tik\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #19,474 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui appartient, qui est relatif aux Celtes, à leurs traditions, à leur langue, le celte.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for celtique, with forms such as "cceltique", "celitque", and "celltique". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "clique", "critique", "celtiques", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 celtique, spelled C-E-L-T-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui appartient, qui est relatif aux Celtes, à leurs traditions, à leur langue, le celte.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le comité des fêtes de Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire propose ce samedi 20 août, à 19 h, à l’église Saint-Hilaire, un concert de musique celtique, de gospel et de musique du monde.
  2. Le crâne morvandeau, en définitive, semble trouver son indice moyen de largeur vers 84, ce qui le classe, sous ce rapport, avec les autres populations du type celtique.

Synonyms

celte

This word in other languages

Celtic(English)céltico(Español)keltisch(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cceltique
  • celitque
  • celltique
  • celtiqeu
  • celtiqque
  • celtiuqe
  • celtqiue
  • celttique
  • cetlique
  • cletique
  • ecltique

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cceltique1celitque2celltique1celtiqeu2celtiqque1celtiuqe2celtqiue2celttique1
Edit distance from "celtique"

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 "celtique"?
"celtique" is spelled C-E-L-T-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sɛl.tik\.
What does "celtique" mean?
As an adjective, "celtique" means: Qui appartient, qui est relatif aux Celtes, à leurs traditions, à leur langue, le celte.
What words are commonly confused with "celtique"?
"celtique" is commonly confused with "clique", "critique", "celtiques". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "celtique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "celtique" is \sɛl.tik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "celtique" come from?
"celtique" 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 "celtique", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

casseurs#19,472carapace#19,468brassard#19,461bouillie#19,459

Similar misspelling depth

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

chômeur11 variantscontrée11 variantscratère11 variantsbailleurs11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list