empathique

\ɑ̃.pa.tik\

/\ɑ̃.pa.tik\/ adj

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The verdict

“empathique” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,766. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,766
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui montre ou exprime de l’empathie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-empathique · empathique · French

empathique · rank #41,766 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #41,766
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH emoji

Nearest frequency peer: emoji (-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 « empathique »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « empathique » 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).

empathique vs empathie
80% similar

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

Key facts for empathique
PropertyValue
Headwordempathique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɑ̃.pa.tik\
Letters10
Frequency rank#41,766
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « empathique »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).empathiquese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « emoji » (#41,765), « encaissement » (#41,767), « embauchent » (#41,764). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « empathique » est au #41,766. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around empathique (IPA \ɑ̃.pa.tik\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #41,766 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui montre ou exprime de l’empathie.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for empathique, with forms such as "emapthique", "emmpathique", and "empahtique". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "empathie", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is empathique, spelled E-M-P-A-T-H-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui montre ou exprime de l’empathie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La clef d’une meilleure communication entre époux se trouve dans le développement de l’écoute empathique ou compréhensive.
  2. "On est toujours à évaluer le dossier … On est empathique de ce que vit la famille car on ne souhaite pas éterniser les délais, mais c'est malheureusement la machine administrative qui fait en sorte que cela prend du temps pour obtenir des réponses", ajoute-t-elle.

This word in other languages

empathetic(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emapthique
  • emmpathique
  • empahtique
  • empathhique
  • empathiqeu
  • empathiqque
  • empathiuqe
  • empathqiue
  • empatihque
  • empatthique
  • emppathique
  • emptahique
  • epmathique
  • mepathique

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of empathique - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

emapthique2emmpathique1empahtique2empathhique1empathiqeu2empathiqque1empathiuqe2empathqiue2
Edit distance from "empathique"

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 "empathique"?
"empathique" is spelled E-M-P-A-T-H-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.pa.tik\.
What does "empathique" mean?
As an adjective, "empathique" means: Qui montre ou exprime de l’empathie.
What words are commonly confused with "empathique"?
"empathique" is commonly confused with "empathie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "empathique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "empathique" is \ɑ̃.pa.tik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "empathique" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "empathique", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

embauchent#41,764efficiente#41,762désabonner#41,755espacement#41,777

Similar misspelling depth

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

everybody14 variantsflottement14 variantsdemocracy14 variantsdauphinois14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list