chromatique

Name: chromatique, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\kʁɔ.ma.tik\

/\kʁɔ.ma.tik\/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“chromatique” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,609. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,609
frequency rank, French: 8,609
“C” headwords: 16
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif aux couleurs, excluant le blanc, le noir et le gris.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chromatique · chromatique · French

chromatique · rank #33,609 · 16 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #33,609
LEN-MEGA 11 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 16 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,609
PHOTO-FINISH châtiments

Nearest frequency peer: châtiments (+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.

chimpanzés

66,396
Chomsky

66,395
chromatique

66,392
châtiments

66,391
cil

66,390
clapet

66,389

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

Key facts for chromatique
Property	Value
Headword	chromatique
Language	French
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	\kʁɔ.ma.tik\
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#33,609
Misspellings tracked	16
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chromatique »

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

#33,609

#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 « châtiments » (#33,610), « cil » (#33,611), « Chomsky » (#33,606). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chromatique » est au #33,609. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around chromatique (IPA \kʁɔ.ma.tik\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #33,609 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for chromatique, with forms such as "cchromatique", "chhromatique", and "chormatique". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 chromatique, spelled C-H-R-O-M-A-T-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

1
Relatif aux couleurs, excluant le blanc, le noir et le gris.
2
Qui procède par demi-tons consécutifs.
3
Se disait chez les Anciens d’un des trois genres de leur musique, celui qui divisait la quarte en un ton et demi et deux demi-tons.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Longtemps Barbie s’est située à l’opposé de cette tendance et a suscité contre elle, principalement en Allemagne, en Grande-Bretagne et en Scandinavie, l’hostilité de courants féministes prônant en tous domaines la non-distinction chromatique entre les hommes et les femmes.
En ce siècle romantique, le grand public aussi bien que les scientifiques développent une nomenclature quelque peu chromatique des grandes épidémies : ainsi appelle-t-on la tuberculose « mort blanche » ou « peste blanche ».

Antonyms

diatonique

This word in other languages

chromatic(English)cromático(Español)chromatisch(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

cchromatique
chhromatique
chormatique
chrmoatique
chroamtique
chromaitque
chromatiqeu
chromatiqque
chromatiuqe
chromatqiue
chromattique
chrommatique
chromtaique
chrromatique
crhomatique
hcromatique

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "chromatique"

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 "chromatique"?

"chromatique" is spelled C-H-R-O-M-A-T-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁɔ.ma.tik\.

What does "chromatique" mean?

As an adjective, "chromatique" means: Relatif aux couleurs, excluant le blanc, le noir et le gris.

What are common misspellings of "chromatique"?

Common misspellings include "cchromatique", "chhromatique", "chormatique", "chrmoatique", "chroamtique". The correct spelling is "chromatique".

How do you pronounce "chromatique"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chromatique" is \kʁɔ.ma.tik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "chromatique" come from?

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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