lipidique

\li.pi.dik\

/\li.pi.dik\/ adj

The verdict

“lipidique” is uncommon French (frequency #74,159 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,159
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif aux lipides.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lipidique · lipidique · French

lipidique · rank #74,159 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,159
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH lipstick

Nearest frequency peer: lipstick (+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 « lipidique »

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 « lipidique » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for lipidique
PropertyValue
Headwordlipidique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\li.pi.dik\
Letters9
Frequency rank#74,159
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « lipidique » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).lipidiquetombe 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: « lipstick » (#74,160), « lingette » (#74,157), « liquidateurs » (#74,161). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « lipidique » est au #74,159. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

lipidique is uncommon French at frequency #74,159 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \li.pi.dik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relatif aux lipides.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for lipidique, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is lipidique, spelled L-I-P-I-D-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif aux lipides.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sur des rats carencés et héméralopes, Yozo Sujita a constaté l’altération lipoïdique de l’épithélium pigmentaire rétinien, caractérisée entre autres lésions par l'amas d’esters de cholestérol, les cellules atteintes de stéatose apparaissant remplies de substances lipidiques.
  2. Ainsi, le dicofol altère le métabolisme lipidique des crevettes, et inhibe la succinate déshydrogénase et la cytochrome c oxydase (Surendranath, 1991), […].

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lipidique"?
"lipidique" is spelled L-I-P-I-D-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \li.pi.dik\.
What does "lipidique" mean?
As an adjective, "lipidique" means: Relatif aux lipides.
How do you pronounce "lipidique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lipidique" is \li.pi.dik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lipidique" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list