dichotomique
\di.kɔ.tɔ.mik\
The verdict
“dichotomique” is uncommon French (frequency #98,964 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,964
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif à la dichotomie, coupé en deux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dichotomique · dichotomique · French
dichotomique · rank #98,964 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,964
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH dialoguiste
Nearest frequency peer: dialoguiste (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « dichotomique »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Diaghilev
Diaghilev
1,039 corpus weight
- dialoguiste
dialoguiste
1,038 corpus weight
- dichotomique
dichotomique
1,037 corpus weight
- dieser
dieser
1,035 corpus weight
- diffa
diffa
1,034 corpus weight
- Dils
Dils
1,033 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « dichotomique » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dichotomique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \di.kɔ.tɔ.mik\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #98,964 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dichotomique » en français
Rare enough to double-check
dichotomique is uncommon French at frequency #98,964 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \di.kɔ.tɔ.mik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
dichotomique has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is dichotomique, spelled D-I-C-H-O-T-O-M-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Relatif à la dichotomie, coupé en deux.
- 2Qualifie une technique utilisant des dichotomies successives
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dichotomique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La complexité de la recherche dichotomique dans un tableau trié est O(log(n)).
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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