élégiaque
\e.le.ʒjak\
The verdict
“élégiaque” is uncommon French (frequency #81,715 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,715
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Qui a rapport à l’élégie, qui compose des élégies.
Corpus desk
Index FR-elegiaque · élégiaque · French
élégiaque · rank #81,715 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,715
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH électorats
Nearest frequency peer: électorats (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “élégiaque”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- écroulait
écroulait
18,289 corpus weight
- éditant
éditant
18,288 corpus weight
- électorats
électorats
18,287 corpus weight
- élégiaque
élégiaque
18,286 corpus weight
- émancipatri…
émancipatrice
18,285 corpus weight
- émigrant
émigrant
18,283 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “élégiaque” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | élégiaque |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \e.le.ʒjak\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #81,715 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “élégiaque” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
élégiaque is uncommon French at frequency #81,715 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \e.le.ʒjak\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for élégiaque in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is élégiaque, spelled É-L-É-G-I-A-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Qui a rapport à l’élégie, qui compose des élégies.
- 2Mélancolique, triste, plaintif.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how élégiaque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un auteur élégiaque, des vers élégiaques.
Tibulle, Ovide et Properce sont les plus connus des anciens poètes élégiaques.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "élégiaque", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.