mimique

\mi.mik\

/\mi.mik\/ adj

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The verdict

“mimique” is uncommon French (frequency #73,359 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,359
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui concerne les mimes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mimique · mimique · French

mimique · rank #73,359 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,359
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH migros

Nearest frequency peer: migros (-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 « mimique »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mimique
PropertyValue
Headwordmimique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\mi.mik\
Letters7
Frequency rank#73,359
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « mimique » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).mimiquetombe 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: « migros » (#73,358), « miele » (#73,357), « mitrale » (#73,361). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mimique » est au #73,359. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mimique is uncommon French at frequency #73,359 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \mi.mik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for mimique, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is mimique, spelled M-I-M-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui concerne les mimes.
  2. 2
    Qui imite, qui exprime par le geste.
  3. 3
    Définition manquante ou à compléter. (Ajouter)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. PHILISTION, de Magnésie, poëte mimique, ou composeur de farces, vivoit à Rome peu après Horace.
  2. On trouve peu d’exemples de séquences dont le comique soit exclusivement visuel et mimique.

This word in other languages

mimic(English)

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 "mimique"?
"mimique" is spelled M-I-M-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mi.mik\.
What does "mimique" mean?
As an adjective, "mimique" means: Qui concerne les mimes.
How do you pronounce "mimique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mimique" is \mi.mik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mimique" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

mitrale#73,361Mascate#73,346méditez#73,372marâtre#73,345

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list