neurasthénique
\nø.ʁas.te.nik\
The verdict
“neurasthénique” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est atteint de neurasthénie, qui a rapport à la neurasthénie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-neurasthenique · neurasthénique · French
neurasthénique · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | neurasthénique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \nø.ʁas.te.nik\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
neurasthénique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \nø.ʁas.te.nik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for neurasthénique in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is neurasthénique, spelled N-E-U-R-A-S-T-H-É-N-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Qui est atteint de neurasthénie, qui a rapport à la neurasthénie.
- 2Fatiguant, triste.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how neurasthénique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Parlant de je ne sais plus quel neurasthénique qui lui exposait sa petite affaire : « Je lui ai dit : vous êtes dans la situation d’un homme assis dans la m… et au-dessus duquel luit l’éclair d’un sabre : plonger ou avoir le col coupé. » La consolation, on le voit, était maigre.
Milko passait pour un drôle de corps qui rendait sa femme, Cecylia, neurasthénique avec sa manie de toujours prêcher et de critiquer sans cesse le comportement de celui-ci ou de celui-là.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.