erratique
\ɛ.ʁa.tik\
The verdict
“erratique” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,327. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,327
- frequency rank, French
- 201,161
- “E” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui n’est pas fixe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-erratique · erratique · French
erratique · rank #42,327 · 10 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,327
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 201,161
- PHOTO-FINISH envenimer
Nearest frequency peer: envenimer (-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 “erratique”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- envahisseme…
envahissement
57,677 corpus weight
- enveloppée
enveloppée
57,676 corpus weight
- envenimer
envenimer
57,675 corpus weight
- erratique
erratique
57,674 corpus weight
- esthétiquem…
esthétiquement
57,672 corpus weight
- euphorique
euphorique
57,671 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “erratique” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | erratique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ.ʁa.tik\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #42,327 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “erratique” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around erratique (IPA \ɛ.ʁa.tik\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #42,327 among 201,161 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for erratique, with forms such as "erartique", "eratique", and "erraitque". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "étatique", "érotique", "éradiqué", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is erratique, spelled E-R-R-A-T-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Qui n’est pas fixe.
- 2Qualifie des roches qui ont été déplacées par l’eau ou la glace.
- 3Qualifie une chose, une entité ou une personne n’ayant aucune stabilité ou qui est inconstante.
- 4Qui n’a aucun modèle, aucun comportement planifié, prévisible ou discernable.
- 5Peut se dire à propos de choses éparses, non rangées.
- 6Qualifie un animal, en particulier un oiseau, qui n’a pas d’habitation fixe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how erratique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le bitcoin comme le dollar ou l’euro ont des valeurs erratiques et spéculatives en raison de leur cours flottant.
Avec un tel mix, « le fonctionnement du marché [post-2030] sera plus erratique qu’aujourd’hui, car composé de sources intermittentes », comme l’éolien ou le solaire, explique à Euractiv Andreas Rüdinger, chercheur au think tank de la transition énergétique IDDRI.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erartique
- eratique
- erraitque
- erratiqeu
- erratiqque
- erratiuqe
- erratqiue
- errattique
- errtaique
- reratique
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of erratique - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 May 6, 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 "erratique", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
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.