erotic
\e.ɾu.ˈtik\
The verdict
“erotic” is uncommon French (frequency #68,260 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,260
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Érotique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-erotic · erotic · French
erotic · rank #68,260 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,260
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH equation
Nearest frequency peer: equation (-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 « erotic »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- entrouvre
entrouvre
31,744 corpus weight
- equation
equation
31,742 corpus weight
- erotic
erotic
31,741 corpus weight
- escaladant
escaladant
31,740 corpus weight
- espacer
espacer
31,739 corpus weight
- estivants
estivants
31,738 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « erotic » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | erotic |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \e.ɾu.ˈtik\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #68,260 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « erotic » en français
Rare enough to double-check
erotic is uncommon French at frequency #68,260 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \e.ɾu.ˈtik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Érotique.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for erotic, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is erotic, spelled E-R-O-T-I-C.
Definition
- 1Érotique.
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.
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