excentrique

\ɛk.sɑ̃.tʁik\

/\ɛk.sɑ̃.tʁik\/ adj

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The verdict

“excentrique” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,012. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,012
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dont le centre s’écarte d’un point donné.

Corpus desk

Index FR-excentrique · excentrique · French

excentrique · rank #19,012 · 16 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,012
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH Estrosi

Nearest frequency peer: Estrosi (-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 « excentrique »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « excentrique » 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).

excentrique vs excentriques
92% similar
excentrique vs égocentrique
75% similar

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

Key facts for excentrique
PropertyValue
Headwordexcentrique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛk.sɑ̃.tʁik\
Letters11
Frequency rank#19,012
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « excentrique »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).excentriquese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Estrosi » (#19,011), « excluant » (#19,013), « epic » (#19,010). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « excentrique » est au #19,012. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around excentrique (IPA \ɛk.sɑ̃.tʁik\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #19,012 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for excentrique, with forms such as "ecxentrique", "exccentrique", and "excenntrique". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "excentriques", "égocentrique", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is excentrique, spelled E-X-C-E-N-T-R-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dont le centre s’écarte d’un point donné.
  2. 2
    Dont l’excentricité orbitale est prononcée.
  3. 3
    Qui n’a pas le même centre.
  4. 4
    Qui s’éloigne du centre.
  5. 5
    Qualifie un mouvement qui éloigne une armée, un corps d’armée du centre de ses opérations.
  6. 6
    Qui est éloigné du centre, excentré.
  7. 7
    Qui agit contrairement aux habitudes reçues.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’appareil enrouleur est de différents types : la commande se fait soit à filet croisé, soit à crémaillère, soit par roues elliptiques et excentriques.
  2. La ceinture d’astéroïdes venait de se former. Orbitant d’abord sur des orbites très excentriques, une partie de ces astéroïdes réduisirent ensuite leurs excentricités, mais vu leur nombre et leur absence de tourbillons individuels, ils se dévièrent et se dévient encore souvent les uns les autres.

Synonyms

déjantéextravagantfarfelufantaisisteflyé

Antonyms

concentrique

This word in other languages

eccentric(English)excéntrico(Español)excêntrico(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ecxentrique
  • exccentrique
  • excenntrique
  • excenrtique
  • excentirque
  • excentriqeu
  • excentriqque
  • excentriuqe
  • excentrqiue
  • excentrrique
  • excenttrique
  • excetnrique
  • excnetrique
  • execntrique
  • exxcentrique
  • xecentrique

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of excentrique - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ecxentrique2exccentrique1excenntrique1excenrtique2excentirque2excentriqeu2excentriqque1excentriuqe2
Edit distance from "excentrique"

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 "excentrique"?
"excentrique" is spelled E-X-C-E-N-T-R-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛk.sɑ̃.tʁik\.
What does "excentrique" mean?
As an adjective, "excentrique" means: Dont le centre s’écarte d’un point donné.
What words are commonly confused with "excentrique"?
"excentrique" is commonly confused with "excentriques", "égocentrique". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "excentrique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "excentrique" is \ɛk.sɑ̃.tʁik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "excentrique" come from?
"excentrique" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list