émétique
\e.me.tik\
The verdict
“émétique” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui provoque des vomissements.
Corpus desk
Index FR-emetique · émétique · French
émétique · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "É" 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 | émétique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \e.me.tik\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « émétique » en français
Rare enough to double-check
émétique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \e.me.tik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui provoque des vomissements.".
Zero misspellings are on record for émétique in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is émétique, spelled É-M-É-T-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Qui provoque des vomissements.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how émétique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Préparation émétique.
Vin émétique.
Synonyms
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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.