microscopique

\mi.kʁɔs.kɔ.pik\

/\mi.kʁɔs.kɔ.pik\/ adj

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The verdict

“microscopique” has 19 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,190. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,190
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
19
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui se fait avec le secours du microscope.

Corpus desk

Index FR-microscopique · microscopique · French

microscopique · rank #34,190 · 19 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,190
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 19 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mexicaines

Nearest frequency peer: mexicaines (-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 « microscopique »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « microscopique » 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).

microscopique vs microscopiques
93% similar
microscopique vs microscopie
85% similar

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

Key facts for microscopique
PropertyValue
Headwordmicroscopique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\mi.kʁɔs.kɔ.pik\
Letters13
Frequency rank#34,190
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « microscopique »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.microscopiquese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « mexicaines » (#34,189), « ministérielles » (#34,191), « meurtri » (#34,188). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « microscopique » est au #34,190. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around microscopique (IPA \mi.kʁɔs.kɔ.pik\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #34,190 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for microscopique, with forms such as "imcroscopique", "mciroscopique", and "miccroscopique". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "microscopiques", "microscopie", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is microscopique, spelled M-I-C-R-O-S-C-O-P-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui se fait avec le secours du microscope.
  2. 2
    Qui ne peut être vu qu’avec le microscope.
  3. 3
    Extrêmement petit.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […]: il se trouve que certains grains de pollen se sont bien conservés dans les tourbières ; or, l’étude microscopique des grains de pollen permet très souvent de reconnaître à quelle plante ils appartiennent.
  2. Le diagnostic d’otacariose est confirmé par la mise en évidence d’otodectes dans le cérumen grâce aux examens otoscopique et microscopique.

Antonyms

macroscopique

This word in other languages

microscopic(English)microscópica(Español)mikroskopisch(Deutsch)microscópico(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • imcroscopique
  • mciroscopique
  • miccroscopique
  • micorscopique
  • microcsopique
  • microsccopique
  • microscoipque
  • microscopiqeu
  • microscopiqque
  • microscopiuqe
  • microscoppique
  • microscopqiue
  • microscpoique
  • microsocpique
  • microsscopique
  • micrroscopique
  • micrsocopique
  • mircoscopique
  • mmicroscopique

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of microscopique - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

imcroscopique2mciroscopique2miccroscopique1micorscopique2microcsopique2microsccopique1microscoipque2microscopiqeu2
Edit distance from "microscopique"

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 "microscopique"?
"microscopique" is spelled M-I-C-R-O-S-C-O-P-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mi.kʁɔs.kɔ.pik\.
What does "microscopique" mean?
As an adjective, "microscopique" means: Qui se fait avec le secours du microscope.
What words are commonly confused with "microscopique"?
"microscopique" is commonly confused with "microscopiques", "microscopie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "microscopique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "microscopique" is \mi.kʁɔs.kɔ.pik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "microscopique" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

multifonction#34,204numériquement#34,217insuffisances#34,139infructueuses#34,136

Similar misspelling depth

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

recomposition19 variantsrétractation19 variantstransformera19 variantsconsciencieux19 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list