identique
\i.dɑ̃.tik\
The verdict
“identique” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,946. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,946
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Propriété de plusieurs objets distincts d'être semblables.
Corpus desk
Index FR-identique · identique · French
identique · rank #4,946 · 12 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,946
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH germain
Nearest frequency peer: germain (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “identique”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- French
French
95,058 corpus weight
- garantir
garantir
95,057 corpus weight
- germain
germain
95,056 corpus weight
- identique
identique
95,055 corpus weight
- indiens
indiens
95,054 corpus weight
- individuelle
individuelle
95,053 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “identique” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | identique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \i.dɑ̃.tik\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #4,946 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “identique” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around identique (IPA \i.dɑ̃.tik\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,946 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Propriété de plusieurs objets distincts d'être semblables.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for identique, with forms such as "dientique", "iddentique", and "idenitque". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "identité", "identiques", "identifié", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 identique, spelled I-D-E-N-T-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Propriété de plusieurs objets distincts d'être semblables.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how identique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les marnes bleues qui constituent le substratum des alluvions avec des faciès sensiblement identiques, d’Épineau-Ies-Voves à Appoigny, méritent de retenir l’attention au point de vue stratigraphique.
Certains constructeurs comme Amazone proposent, avec leurs épandeurs, un livret où figurent les résultats d'essais obtenus avec la plupart des engrais commercialisés. Deux engrais, de même formulation, ne sont jamais identiques.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- dientique
- iddentique
- idenitque
- idenntique
- identiqeu
- identiqque
- identiuqe
- identqiue
- identtique
- idetnique
- idnetique
- iedntique
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of identique - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "identique", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "identique". Here's where to go from here.
- "identique" maps to 3 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "identité". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #4,946 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "I" letter cohort. I–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.