extracurriculaire
\ɛks.tʁa.ky.ʁi.ky.lɛr\
The verdict
“extracurriculaire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est hors cursus, hors curriculum.
Corpus desk
Index FR-extracurriculaire · extracurriculaire · French
extracurriculaire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | extracurriculaire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛks.tʁa.ky.ʁi.ky.lɛr\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
extracurriculaire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛks.tʁa.ky.ʁi.ky.lɛr\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for extracurriculaire, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is extracurriculaire, spelled E-X-T-R-A-C-U-R-R-I-C-U-L-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Qui est hors cursus, hors curriculum.
- 2Qui est effectué hors des heures de cours ou de travail.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how extracurriculaire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Car la réputation que l’on a faite aux étudiants des États-Unis d’être surtout préoccupés de sports et d’activités dites « extracurriculaires et sociales » a cessé dans bien des cas d’être méritée. L’attrait des manifestations sportives a beaucoup faibli.
On observe que, quel que soit celui des vingt-cinq indicateurs représentant les variables dépendantes que l’on considère, l’absence d’expérience extracurriculaire n’a pas d’effet significatif sur les modalités d’entrée sur le marché du travail. En d’autres termes, le fait que le diplômé candidat à l’emploi ait eu ou non des activités extracurriculaires pe…
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.