lithographique

\li.tɔ.ɡʁa.fik\

/\li.tɔ.ɡʁa.fik\/ adj

The verdict

“lithographique” is uncommon French (frequency #99,296 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,296
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif à la lithographie ; qui s’emploie dans la lithographie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lithographique · lithographique · French

lithographique · rank #99,296 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,296
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH lipide

Nearest frequency peer: lipide (-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 « lithographique »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for lithographique
PropertyValue
Headwordlithographique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\li.tɔ.ɡʁa.fik\
Letters14
Frequency rank#99,296
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « lithographique » en français

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « lipide » (#99,295), « Loango » (#99,298), « limitatif » (#99,293). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « lithographique » est au #99,296. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

lithographique is uncommon French at frequency #99,296 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \li.tɔ.ɡʁa.fik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relatif à la lithographie ; qui s’emploie dans la lithographie.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for lithographique, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is lithographique, spelled L-I-T-H-O-G-R-A-P-H-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif à la lithographie ; qui s’emploie dans la lithographie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Naturellement, le procédé lithographique a ses inconvénients: il exige un surcroît de travail, notamment encrer la pierre lithographique et la nettoyer; la pierre lithographique se détériore rapidement; […].
  2. Si l'encre lithographique est bien faite, elle doit conserver sa fluidité pendant une journée. Lorsqu'elle devient gluante, il suffit d'y ajouter quelques gouttes d'eau, et de la rebroyer.

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 "lithographique"?
"lithographique" is spelled L-I-T-H-O-G-R-A-P-H-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \li.tɔ.ɡʁa.fik\.
What does "lithographique" mean?
As an adjective, "lithographique" means: Relatif à la lithographie ; qui s’emploie dans la lithographie.
How do you pronounce "lithographique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lithographique" is \li.tɔ.ɡʁa.fik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list