étique
\e.tik\
The verdict
“étique” is uncommon French (frequency #98,675 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,675
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Extrêmement maigre ; atteint d’étisie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-etique · étique · French
étique · rank #98,675 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,675
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH étendirent
Nearest frequency peer: étendirent (-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 “étique”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- équidistance
équidistance
1,329 corpus weight
- équidé
équidé
1,328 corpus weight
- étendirent
étendirent
1,327 corpus weight
- étique
étique
1,326 corpus weight
- étouffes
étouffes
1,325 corpus weight
- Étretat
Étretat
1,324 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “étique” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | étique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \e.tik\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #98,675 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “étique” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
étique is uncommon French at frequency #98,675 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \e.tik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for étique, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is étique, spelled É-T-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Extrêmement maigre ; atteint d’étisie.
- 2Mesquin, pauvre, insuffisant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how étique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nous deviendrons maigres, étiques, et puis morts de faim ; voilà mon sentiment et notre histoire
Mais ces arbres étaient rares, ainsi que quelques mélèzes assez étiques que les obliques rayons du soleil ne parvenaient pas à vivifier.
Synonyms
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.
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 September 2, 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 "étique", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.