diabétique

\dja.be.tik\

/\dja.be.tik\/ adj

The verdict

“diabétique” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,036. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,036
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui tient du diabète.

Corpus desk

Index FR-diabetique · diabétique · French

diabétique · rank #27,036 · 14 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,036
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH destructrice

Nearest frequency peer: destructrice (-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 « diabétique »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « diabétique » 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).

diabétique vs diabolique
80% similar
diabétique vs diététique
80% similar
diabétique vs dialectique
73% similar

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

Key facts for diabétique
PropertyValue
Headworddiabétique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\dja.be.tik\
Letters10
Frequency rank#27,036
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « diabétique »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).diabétiquese 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 « destructrice » (#27,035), « dissident » (#27,037), « Delle » (#27,034). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « diabétique » est au #27,036. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around diabétique (IPA \dja.be.tik\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #27,036 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for diabétique, with forms such as "daibétique", "ddiabétique", and "diabbétique". 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, "diabolique", "diététique", "dialectique", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is diabétique, spelled D-I-A-B-É-T-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui tient du diabète.
  2. 2
    Qui est affecté du diabète.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Affection diabétique.
  2. Kenza précise également dans ce cas que ces signes peuvent ne pas se manifester tous chez le diabétique; certains peuvent l’être pour l’un, mais pas pour l’autre.

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • daibétique
  • ddiabétique
  • diabbétique
  • diabetique
  • diabtéique
  • diabéitque
  • diabétiqeu
  • diabétiqque
  • diabétiuqe
  • diabétqiue
  • diabéttique
  • diaébtique
  • dibaétique
  • idabétique

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of diabétique - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

daibétique2ddiabétique1diabbétique1diabetique1diabtéique2diabéitque2diabétiqeu2diabétiqque1
Edit distance from "diabétique"

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 "diabétique"?
"diabétique" is spelled D-I-A-B-É-T-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \dja.be.tik\.
What does "diabétique" mean?
As an adjective, "diabétique" means: Qui tient du diabète.
What words are commonly confused with "diabétique"?
"diabétique" is commonly confused with "diabolique", "diététique", "dialectique". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "diabétique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "diabétique" is \dja.be.tik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "diabétique" come from?
"diabétique" 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 "diabétique", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list