extratropical
\ek.stʁa.tʁɔ.pi.kal\
The verdict
“extratropical” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - qui se forme entre la ligne des tropiques et le cercle polaire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-extratropical · extratropical · French
extratropical · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | extratropical |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ek.stʁa.tʁɔ.pi.kal\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « extratropical » en français
Rare enough to double-check
extratropical is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ek.stʁa.tʁɔ.pi.kal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "qui se forme entre la ligne des tropiques et le cercle polaire.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for extratropical, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is extratropical, spelled E-X-T-R-A-T-R-O-P-I-C-A-L.
Definition
- 1qui se forme entre la ligne des tropiques et le cercle polaire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how extratropical appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«Un cyclone extratropical prend son énergie dans les contrastes entre les masses d’air chaud et les masses d’air froid, et non des eaux chaudes, comme c’est le cas dans les régions tropicales», résume-t-il.
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.