gothique

/\ɡɔ.tik\/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,585

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

gothique is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui est relatif aux Goths et aux peuples qui leur ont succédé. Pronounced \ɡɔ.tik\. Often confused with gothiques.

Key facts for gothique
PropertyValue
Headwordgothique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\ɡɔ.tik\
Letters8
Frequency rank#12,585
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of gothique in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for gothique is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡɔ.tik\. Corpus data places it at rank #12,585 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for gothique, with forms such as "ggothique", "gohtique", and "gothhique". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "gothiques", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is gothique, spelled G-O-T-H-I-Q-U-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est relatif aux Goths et aux peuples qui leur ont succédé.
  2. 2
    Qualifie l’alphabet formé au quatrième siècle par l’évêque Ulphilas et employé par lui à la transcription de la langue gothique.
  3. 3
    Qualifie le style des lettres inventées par Ulphilas et qualifie les anciens caractères d’imprimerie qui ont de la ressemblance avec ce genre d’écriture. → voir Fraktur
  4. 4
    Qui est relatif au Moyen Âge.
  5. 5
    Relatif à la dernière période de l'art du Moyen Âge (du XIIᵉ au XVIᵉ siècle).
  6. 6
    Ce qui paraît trop ancien, hors de mode, désuet.
  7. 7
    Qui est relatif au mouvement culturel (notamment musical et vestimentaire), apparu à la fin du XXᵉ siècle.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ggothique,gohtique,gothhique,gothiqeu,gothiqque,gothiuqe,gothqiue,gotihque,gotthique,gtohique,ogthique

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for gothique

Misspelling Variants of "gothique"

ggothique9gohtique8gothhique9gothiqeu8gothiqque9gothiuqe8gothqiue8gotihque8
Misspelling Variants of "gothique"

Frequency rank: #12,585 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gothique"?
"gothique" is spelled G-O-T-H-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡɔ.tik\.
What does "gothique" mean?
As an adj, "gothique" means: Qui est relatif aux Goths et aux peuples qui leur ont succédé.
What words are commonly confused with "gothique"?
"gothique" is commonly confused with "gothiques". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gothique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gothique" is \ɡɔ.tik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gothique" come from?
"gothique" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.