karstique
\kaʁ.stik\
The verdict
“karstique” is uncommon French (frequency #82,158 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,158
- frequency rank, French
- 737
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Désigne ce qui est relatif au karst.
Corpus desk
Index FR-karstique · karstique · French
karstique · rank #82,158 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,158
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 737
- PHOTO-FINISH kamas
Nearest frequency peer: kamas (-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 « karstique »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Jégo
Jégo
17,846 corpus weight
- Kamakura
Kamakura
17,845 corpus weight
- kamas
kamas
17,844 corpus weight
- karstique
karstique
17,843 corpus weight
- keum
keum
17,842 corpus weight
- Kew
Kew
17,841 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « karstique » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | karstique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kaʁ.stik\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #82,158 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « karstique » en français
Rare enough to double-check
karstique is uncommon French at frequency #82,158 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kaʁ.stik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for karstique in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is karstique, spelled K-A-R-S-T-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Désigne ce qui est relatif au karst.
- 2Désigne les phénomènes de circulation souterraine des eaux sous les plateaux calcaires.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how karstique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ces systèmes karstiques (Trampot dans la Meuse et Cul du Cerf dans la Haute-Marne) sont encore assez mal connus […]. En effet, il semble exister un karst commun présentant un écoulement inverse au pendage et uniquement lié au gradient hydraulique (Cul du Cerf), et selon les couches, un karst présentant un écoulement conforme au pendage […]
Une approche plus scientifique soulignerait la nature karstique du sous-sol, constamment changeante et propice à l’irruption de sources où il n’y en avait pas....
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); 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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).