métallique

/\me.ta.lik\/ adj

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,603

in French word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

métallique is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui est de métal, qui concerne le métal. Pronounced \me.ta.lik\. It ranks #7,603 in French word frequency. Often confused with métalliques and métabolique.

Key facts for métallique
PropertyValue
Headwordmétallique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\me.ta.lik\
Letters10
Frequency rank#7,603
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of métallique in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for métallique is 10 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \me.ta.lik\. Corpus data places it at rank #7,603 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for métallique, with forms such as "metallique", "mmétallique", and "mtéallique". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "métalliques", "métabolique", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is métallique, spelled M-É-T-A-L-L-I-Q-U-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est de métal, qui concerne le métal.
  2. 2
    Qualifie le son que rend un métal ; et, par comparaison, le son pareil à celui d’un métal.
  3. 3
    Qualifie la réserve de métaux précieux monnayés ou non monnayés conservés comme garantie de billets émis.
  4. 4
    Qui a l’apparence d’un métal.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: metallique,mmétallique,mtéallique,méatllique,métalilque,métalique,métalliqeu,métalliqque,métalliuqe,métallqiue,métlalique,méttallique,émtallique

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for métallique

Misspelling Variants of "métallique"

metallique10mmétallique11mtéallique10méatllique10métalilque10métalique9métalliqeu10métalliqque11
Misspelling Variants of "métallique"

Frequency rank: #7,603 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "métallique"?
"métallique" is spelled M-É-T-A-L-L-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \me.ta.lik\.
What does "métallique" mean?
As an adj, "métallique" means: Qui est de métal, qui concerne le métal.
What words are commonly confused with "métallique"?
"métallique" is commonly confused with "métalliques", "métabolique". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "métallique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "métallique" is \me.ta.lik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "métallique" come from?
"métallique" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.