esthétique

\ɛs.te.tik\

/\ɛs.te.tik\/ adj

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The verdict

“esthétique” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,938. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,938
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif au sentiment du beau.

Corpus desk

Index FR-esthetique · esthétique · French

esthétique · rank #4,938 · 15 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,938
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH enquêtes

Nearest frequency peer: enquêtes (-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 « esthétique »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « esthétique » 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).

esthétique vs esthétisme
80% similar
esthétique vs esthétiques
91% similar

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

Key facts for esthétique
PropertyValue
Headwordesthétique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛs.te.tik\
Letters10
Frequency rank#4,938
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « esthétique »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).esthétiquese 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 « enquêtes » (#4,937), « extraits » (#4,939), « encontre » (#4,936). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « esthétique » est au #4,938. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around esthétique (IPA \ɛs.te.tik\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,938 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for esthétique, with forms such as "eshtétique", "essthétique", and "esthetique". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "esthétisme", "esthétiques", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is esthétique, spelled E-S-T-H-É-T-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif au sentiment du beau.
  2. 2
    Qualifie le sentiment particulier produit par le beau.
  3. 3
    Qui a un certain caractère de beauté.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La stylique ou design est la valorisation esthétique d'un produit. Elle allie fonctionnalité et beauté. C'est un aspect fondamental lors de la mise en marché du produit.
  2. L'analyse plus approfondie de la notion de distance esthétique permet de revenir sur le rôle primordial du suspense et de l'angoisse dans le processus narratif d'un récit.

Synonyms

beaujoli

Antonyms

inesthétiquelaid

This word in other languages

aesthetic(English)estético(Español)ästhetisch(Deutsch)estético(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eshtétique
  • essthétique
  • esthetique
  • esthhétique
  • esthtéique
  • esthéitque
  • esthétiqeu
  • esthétiqque
  • esthétiuqe
  • esthétqiue
  • esthéttique
  • estthétique
  • estéhtique
  • etshétique
  • sethétique

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of esthétique - 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.

eshtétique2essthétique1esthetique1esthhétique1esthtéique2esthéitque2esthétiqeu2esthétiqque1
Edit distance from "esthétique"

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 "esthétique"?
"esthétique" is spelled E-S-T-H-É-T-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛs.te.tik\.
What does "esthétique" mean?
As an adjective, "esthétique" means: Relatif au sentiment du beau.
What words are commonly confused with "esthétique"?
"esthétique" is commonly confused with "esthétisme", "esthétiques". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "esthétique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "esthétique" is \ɛs.te.tik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "esthétique" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

diminution#4,933contribuer#4,928comprenant#4,926cathédrale#4,917

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

individuelle15 variantsphilosophe15 variantsprésentés15 variantssymbolique15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list