fantasmagorique
\fɑ̃.tas.ma.ɡɔ.ʁik\
The verdict
“fantasmagorique” is uncommon French (frequency #89,710 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,710
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui tient de la fantasmagorie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fantasmagorique · fantasmagorique · French
fantasmagorique · rank #89,710 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,710
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH faiblissent
Nearest frequency peer: faiblissent (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « fantasmagorique »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- eûmes
eûmes
10,294 corpus weight
- faiblissent
faiblissent
10,292 corpus weight
- fantasmagor…
fantasmagorique
10,291 corpus weight
- fathers
fathers
10,290 corpus weight
- favoriseront
favoriseront
10,289 corpus weight
- fendent
fendent
10,287 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « fantasmagorique » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fantasmagorique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fɑ̃.tas.ma.ɡɔ.ʁik\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #89,710 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fantasmagorique » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fantasmagorique is uncommon French at frequency #89,710 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fɑ̃.tas.ma.ɡɔ.ʁik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui tient de la fantasmagorie.".
fantasmagorique has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is fantasmagorique, spelled F-A-N-T-A-S-M-A-G-O-R-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Qui tient de la fantasmagorie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fantasmagorique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] ; elle fit jouer un ressort, et disparut avec une rapidité fantasmagorique.
Mais leur visage et leurs attitudes Devinrent bientôt moins funèbres Le ciel et la terre perdirent Leur aspect fantasmagorique.
This word in other languages
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.
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