karstiques

\kaʁ.stik\

/\kaʁ.stik\/ adj

The verdict

“karstiques” is uncommon French (frequency #86,848 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,848
frequency rank, French
737
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de karstique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-karstiques · karstiques · French

karstiques · rank #86,848 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,848
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 737
  • PHOTO-FINISH Karsenti

Nearest frequency peer: Karsenti (-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 « karstiques »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « karstiques » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for karstiques
PropertyValue
Headwordkarstiques
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kaʁ.stik\
Letters10
Frequency rank#86,848
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « karstiques » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.karstiquestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Karsenti » (#86,847), « Keiji » (#86,849), « kapo » (#86,846). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « karstiques » est au #86,848. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

karstiques is uncommon French at frequency #86,848 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kaʁ.stik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de karstique.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for karstiques in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is karstiques, spelled K-A-R-S-T-I-Q-U-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de karstique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how karstiques appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. A l’inverse du Vidourle supérieur ou du Gard inférieur qui se perdent chaque été pour résurger à de grosses sources karstiques (M. Ricolvi 19G8; G. Farre 1972 b), la Cèze disparait rarement totalement.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "karstiques"?
"karstiques" is spelled K-A-R-S-T-I-Q-U-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kaʁ.stik\.
What does "karstiques" mean?
As an adjective, "karstiques" means: Pluriel de karstique.
How do you pronounce "karstiques"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "karstiques" is \kaʁ.stik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "karstiques" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "karstiques", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list