érectile

\e.ʁɛk.til\

/\e.ʁɛk.til\/ adj

The verdict

“érectile” is uncommon French (frequency #68,755 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,755
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est susceptible d’érection.

Corpus desk

Index FR-erectile · érectile · French

érectile · rank #68,755 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,755
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH éthologie

Nearest frequency peer: éthologie (+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 « érectile »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « érectile » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for érectile
PropertyValue
Headwordérectile
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\e.ʁɛk.til\
Letters8
Frequency rank#68,755
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « érectile » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).érectiletombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « éthologie » (#68,756), « élancés » (#68,753), « échangeables » (#68,751). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « érectile » est au #68,755. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

érectile is uncommon French at frequency #68,755 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \e.ʁɛk.til\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui est susceptible d’érection.".

érectile doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is érectile, spelled É-R-E-C-T-I-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est susceptible d’érection.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. LA DINDE. — Semblable au mâle, à part les différences sexuelles (touffe plus petite et venant plus tard, pendeloque plus petite et non érectile, coloration moins vive, membranes charnues moins développées, et taille plus réduite).

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "érectile"?
"érectile" is spelled É-R-E-C-T-I-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \e.ʁɛk.til\.
What does "érectile" mean?
As an adjective, "érectile" means: Qui est susceptible d’érection.
How do you pronounce "érectile"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "érectile" is \e.ʁɛk.til\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list