extrinsèque
\ɛks.tʁɛ̃.sɛk\
The verdict
“extrinsèque” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est tiré, non de la chose elle-même, mais de choses avec lesquelles elle a un rapport plus ou moins direct.
Corpus desk
Index FR-extrinseque · extrinsèque · French
extrinsèque · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | extrinsèque |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛks.tʁɛ̃.sɛk\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
extrinsèque is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛks.tʁɛ̃.sɛk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for extrinsèque, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is extrinsèque, spelled E-X-T-R-I-N-S-È-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Qui est tiré, non de la chose elle-même, mais de choses avec lesquelles elle a un rapport plus ou moins direct.
- 2Qualifie les lieux communs qui ne sont pas tirés de la définition même d’un fait, mais des circonstances qui s’y rapportent, comme la loi, les titres, les témoins, la voix publique, etc.
- 3Qui est ou se trouve en dehors.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how extrinsèque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais il existe, mais il a toujours existé un certain ensemble de volontés extrinsèques qui ont dirigé et qui dirigeront les étapes successives du développement de la philosophie.
Dans toutes ses expressions extrinsèques et intrinsèques, visibles et invisibles, la Personne divino-humaine du Christ reste toujours une et indivisible.
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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.