exotique

\ɛɡ.zɔ.tik\

/\ɛɡ.zɔ.tik\/ adj

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The verdict

“exotique” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,377. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,377
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualifie ce qui, dans une perspective endémique fixée, est susceptible d’inspirer un sentiment d’étrangeté.

Corpus desk

Index FR-exotique · exotique · French

exotique · rank #15,377 · 10 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,377
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH excel

Nearest frequency peer: excel (-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 « exotique »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « exotique » 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).

exotique vs explique
75% similar
exotique vs exotisme
75% similar
exotique vs exotiques
89% similar

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

Key facts for exotique
PropertyValue
Headwordexotique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛɡ.zɔ.tik\
Letters8
Frequency rank#15,377
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « exotique »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).exotiquese 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 « excel » (#15,376), « factions » (#15,378), « European » (#15,375). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « exotique » est au #15,377. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around exotique (IPA \ɛɡ.zɔ.tik\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #15,377 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for exotique, with forms such as "eoxtique", "exoitque", and "exotiqeu". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "explique", "exotisme", "exotiques", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is exotique, spelled E-X-O-T-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qualifie ce qui, dans une perspective endémique fixée, est susceptible d’inspirer un sentiment d’étrangeté.
  2. 2
    Qualifie des plantes et des animaux extérieurs à un écosystème.
  3. 3
    Qualifie ce qui provient de lieux jugés lointains ou tout au moins dont la fréquentation n’est pas considéré coutumière, notamment des lieux tropicaux pour les personnes résidents hors de tels lieux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Flétrissez aussi le charlatanisme de ces pseudo-virtuoses qui ont obtenu des succès apocryphes à New-York ou en Californie, et qui, […], viennent défigurer sur nos grandes scènes lyriques des partitions dont elles ridiculisent la majesté par les exagérations de leur style exotique.
  2. Elle escompterait les lettres de change tirées sur nos places par les exportateurs de produits exotiques sans que ceux ci passassent sous les fourches caudines des banquiers londoniens.

This word in other languages

exotic(English)exótico(Español)exotisch(Deutsch)exótico(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eoxtique
  • exoitque
  • exotiqeu
  • exotiqque
  • exotiuqe
  • exotqiue
  • exottique
  • extoique
  • exxotique
  • xeotique

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of exotique - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

eoxtique2exoitque2exotiqeu2exotiqque1exotiuqe2exotqiue2exottique1extoique2
Edit distance from "exotique"

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 "exotique"?
"exotique" is spelled E-X-O-T-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛɡ.zɔ.tik\.
What does "exotique" mean?
As an adjective, "exotique" means: Qualifie ce qui, dans une perspective endémique fixée, est susceptible d’inspirer un sentiment d’étrangeté.
What words are commonly confused with "exotique"?
"exotique" is commonly confused with "explique", "exotisme", "exotiques". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "exotique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "exotique" is \ɛɡ.zɔ.tik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "exotique" come from?
"exotique" 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 "exotique", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

factions#15,378European#15,375estimait#15,374espèrent#15,373

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

escrime10 variantsfresque10 variantsdéchet10 variantsdiables10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list