ludique

\ly.dik\

/\ly.dik\/ adj

The verdict

“ludique” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,969. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,969
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui permet de s’amuser.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ludique · ludique · French

ludique · rank #14,969 · 9 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,969
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH lucidité

Nearest frequency peer: lucidité (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « ludique »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « ludique » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

ludique vs lyrique
71% similar
ludique vs ludiques
88% similar
ludique vs laïque
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for ludique
PropertyValue
Headwordludique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ly.dik\
Letters7
Frequency rank#14,969
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ludique »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).ludiquese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « lucidité » (#14,968), « luminosité » (#14,970), « Lorenzo » (#14,967). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « ludique » est au #14,969. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around ludique (IPA \ly.dik\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #14,969 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for ludique, with forms such as "lduique", "lludique", and "luddique". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "lyrique", "ludiques", "laïque", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 ludique, spelled L-U-D-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui permet de s’amuser.
  2. 2
    Qui est de l’ordre du jeu.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sport ludique et convivial, le Padel est un jeu à l’aspect familier car il emprunte sa technicité et son règlement à nombre de jeux que nous connaissons bien : le tennis dont il a hérité du filet, de la balle, et du décompte des points, […]
  2. Les chimistes organiciens, conscient de l’aspect ludique propre aux synthèses chimiques -[…]- se sont attelés par défi à la création d’hydrocarbures dont le squelette carboné correspond aux polyèdres régulier que sont les solides platoniques.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lduique
  • lludique
  • luddique
  • ludiqeu
  • ludiqque
  • ludiuqe
  • ludqiue
  • luidque
  • uldique

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ludique - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

lduique2lludique1luddique1ludiqeu2ludiqque1ludiuqe2ludqiue2luidque2
Edit distance from "ludique"

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 "ludique"?
"ludique" is spelled L-U-D-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ly.dik\.
What does "ludique" mean?
As an adjective, "ludique" means: Qui permet de s’amuser.
What words are commonly confused with "ludique"?
"ludique" is commonly confused with "lyrique", "ludiques", "laïque". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ludique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ludique" is \ly.dik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ludique" come from?
"ludique" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list