machiavélique

\ma.kja.ve.lik\

/\ma.kja.ve.lik\/ adj

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The verdict

“machiavélique” has 19 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,605. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,605
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
19
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui tient du machiavélisme.

Corpus desk

Index FR-machiavelique · machiavélique · French

machiavélique · rank #34,605 · 19 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,605
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 19 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH lèvera

Nearest frequency peer: lèvera (-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 « machiavélique »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « machiavélique » 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
Key facts for machiavélique
PropertyValue
Headwordmachiavélique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ma.kja.ve.lik\
Letters13
Frequency rank#34,605
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « machiavélique »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.machiavéliquese 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 « lèvera » (#34,604), « lutteur » (#34,603), « lurette » (#34,602). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « machiavélique » est au #34,605. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around machiavélique (IPA \ma.kja.ve.lik\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #34,605 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for machiavélique, with forms such as "amchiavélique", "macchiavélique", and "machaivélique". 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. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is machiavélique, spelled M-A-C-H-I-A-V-É-L-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui tient du machiavélisme.
  2. 2
    Se dit des maximes et des actions étrangères à la politique, où il entre de la mauvaise foi, de la perfidie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Voilà tout ce que j’apportai avec moi dans mon sac. Les commentaires indispensables. En particulier ceux de l’homme d’État s’adressant à Machiavel d’un pouvoir à l’autre : Napoléon Bonaparte qui se pressent l’incarnation machiavélique du Nouveau Prince contre l’Héréditaire, mais désireux de perdurer, à son tour, au pouvoir : être le Nouveau, et suivi par…
  2. La chambre a destitué M. de La Fayette ; elle a enlevé à toutes les gardes nationales de France leur chef, leur père, leur âme. C’est une machination machiavélique, depuis longtemps ourdie par les ennemis de la liberté.

This word in other languages

Machiavellian(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amchiavélique
  • macchiavélique
  • machaivélique
  • machhiavélique
  • machiavelique
  • machiavléique
  • machiavvélique
  • machiavéilque
  • machiavéliqeu
  • machiavéliqque
  • machiavéliuqe
  • machiavéllique
  • machiavélqiue
  • machiaévlique
  • machivaélique
  • macihavélique
  • mahciavélique
  • mcahiavélique
  • mmachiavélique

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of machiavélique - 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.

amchiavélique2macchiavélique1machaivélique2machhiavélique1machiavelique1machiavléique2machiavvélique1machiavéilque2
Edit distance from "machiavélique"

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 "machiavélique"?
"machiavélique" is spelled M-A-C-H-I-A-V-É-L-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.kja.ve.lik\.
What does "machiavélique" mean?
As an adjective, "machiavélique" means: Qui tient du machiavélisme.
What are common misspellings of "machiavélique"?
Common misspellings include "amchiavélique", "macchiavélique", "machaivélique", "machhiavélique", "machiavelique". The correct spelling is "machiavélique".
How do you pronounce "machiavélique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "machiavélique" is \ma.kja.ve.lik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "machiavélique" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list