iconique
\i.kɔ.nik\
The verdict
“iconique” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,891. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,891
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif aux icônes, à la représentation de(s) dieu(x).
Corpus desk
Index FR-iconique · iconique · French
iconique · rank #36,891 · 10 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #36,891
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH Hérodote
Nearest frequency peer: Hérodote (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « iconique »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- hémorragique
hémorragique
63,112 corpus weight
- Hérodote
Hérodote
63,111 corpus weight
- iconique
iconique
63,110 corpus weight
- Idaho
Idaho
63,109 corpus weight
- ideal
ideal
63,108 corpus weight
- idiotie
idiotie
63,107 corpus weight
What this shows « iconique » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | iconique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \i.kɔ.nik\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #36,891 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « iconique »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around iconique (IPA \i.kɔ.nik\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #36,891 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for iconique, with forms such as "cionique", "icconique", and "icnoique". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "inique", "ionique", "ironique", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is iconique, spelled I-C-O-N-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Relatif aux icônes, à la représentation de(s) dieu(x).
- 2Relatif à toute forme de représentation visuelle.
- 3(Usage critiqué) référence nécessaire (résoudre le problème) Mythique, emblématique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how iconique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une première phase, essentiellement indienne, appelée phase aniconique, durant laquelle la personne du Bouddha est évoquée par des symboles, est suivie vers le Iᵉʳ siècle d’une phase iconique durant laquelle apparaissent des représentations anthropomorphiques du Bouddha.
La littérature iconique comme les romans photos et les BD.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cionique
- icconique
- icnoique
- icoinque
- iconiqeu
- iconiqque
- iconiuqe
- iconnique
- iconqiue
- iocnique
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of iconique - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).