comédie dramatique

\kɔ.me.di dʁa.ma.tik\

/\kɔ.me.di dʁa.ma.tik\/ noun

The verdict

“comédie dramatique” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
18
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genre théâtral, cinématographique ou télévisuel qui utilise les caractéristiques de la comédie à des fins dramatiques.

Corpus desk

Index FR-comedie-dramatique · comédie dramatique · French

comédie dramatique · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 18 letters
  • VOW-9 9 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" 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.

Key facts for comédie dramatique
PropertyValue
Headwordcomédie dramatique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.me.di dʁa.ma.tik\
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « comédie dramatique » en français

comédie dramatiquereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

comédie dramatique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ.me.di dʁa.ma.tik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for comédie dramatique, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is comédie dramatique, spelled C-O-M-É-D-I-E- -D-R-A-M-A-T-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genre théâtral, cinématographique ou télévisuel qui utilise les caractéristiques de la comédie à des fins dramatiques.
  2. 2
    Œuvre relevant de ce genre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les jeux des acteurs ont évolué en fonction des époques, des genres aussi : on ne joue pas le drame romantique comme la tragédie racinienne ou la comédie dramatique de Corneille même si le souci principal de l’acteur reste la vérité du personnage, la restitution « naturelle » d’une réalité recomposée et transposée.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "comédie dramatique"?
"comédie dramatique" is spelled C-O-M-É-D-I-E- -D-R-A-M-A-T-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.me.di dʁa.ma.tik\.
What does "comédie dramatique" mean?
As a noun, "comédie dramatique" means: Genre théâtral, cinématographique ou télévisuel qui utilise les caractéristiques de la comédie à des fins dramatiques.
How do you pronounce "comédie dramatique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "comédie dramatique" is \kɔ.me.di dʁa.ma.tik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "comédie dramatique" come from?
"comédie dramatique" 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list