glottique
\ɡlɔ.tik\
The verdict
“glottique” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Appartenant ou relatif à la glotte.
Corpus desk
Index FR-glottique · glottique · French
glottique · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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 | glottique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɡlɔ.tik\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « glottique » en français
Rare enough to double-check
glottique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɡlɔ.tik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for glottique in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is glottique, spelled G-L-O-T-T-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Appartenant ou relatif à la glotte.
- 2Qui se rapporte aux langues et à la linguistique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how glottique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les nouveaux nés, du fait de leur récent séjour dans le liquide amniotique, ont naturellement le réflexe glottique qui leur permet de bloquer la respiration et de nager en apnée lors des expériences de bébé nageur.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.