ectopique
\ek.tɔ.pik\
The verdict
“ectopique” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Relatif à l’ectopie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ectopique · ectopique · French
ectopique · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ectopique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ek.tɔ.pik\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ectopique” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ectopique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ek.tɔ.pik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for ectopique in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 ectopique, spelled E-C-T-O-P-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Relatif à l’ectopie.
- 2Hors de sa position normale, en parlant d’un organe.
- 3Extra-utérine, en parlant de la grossesse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ectopique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Abouchement ectopique de l’uretère masculin.
Grossesse ectopique.
This word in other languages
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