fantasques

\fɑ̃.task\

/\fɑ̃.task\/ adj

The verdict

“fantasques” is uncommon French (frequency #68,279 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,279
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de fantasque.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fantasques · fantasques · French

fantasques · rank #68,279 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,279
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fantasmatique

Nearest frequency peer: fantasmatique (-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 « fantasques »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « fantasques » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fantasques
PropertyValue
Headwordfantasques
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\fɑ̃.task\
Letters10
Frequency rank#68,279
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « fantasques » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.fantasquestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « fantasmatique » (#68,278), « feelings » (#68,280), « feliz » (#68,281). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fantasques » est au #68,279. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fantasques is uncommon French at frequency #68,279 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fɑ̃.task\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de fantasque.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for fantasques, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. 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.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is fantasques, spelled F-A-N-T-A-S-Q-U-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de fantasque.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le public, non content de (re)découvrir des décors fantasques, se verra aussi rappeler les grandes heures d’une haute couture française détonante — avec des personnalités fortes comme Jean-Paul Gaultier, Claude Montana, Thierry Mugler — ainsi que l’essor du prêt-à-porter, avec des marques comme Naf-Naf ou Kookaï, qui permettait déjà à chacun de se « looke…
  2. Cependant voici madame Jonquille, qui se promène, à cette heure lumineuse des sauterelles, abritant sa délicate personne et son fin minois sous un immense parasol en papier, tout rond, à nervures très rapprochées et à grands bariolages fantasques.

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 "fantasques"?
"fantasques" is spelled F-A-N-T-A-S-Q-U-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \fɑ̃.task\.
What does "fantasques" mean?
As an adjective, "fantasques" means: Pluriel de fantasque.
How do you pronounce "fantasques"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fantasques" is \fɑ̃.task\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fantasques" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fantasques", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list