optic
\ut.ˈtik\
The verdict
“optic” is uncommon French (frequency #67,749 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,749
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Optique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-optic · optic · French
optic · rank #67,749 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,749
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH opposons
Nearest frequency peer: opposons (-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 « optic »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- ophtalmolog…
ophtalmologue
32,255 corpus weight
- opposables
opposables
32,254 corpus weight
- opposons
opposons
32,253 corpus weight
- optic
optic
32,252 corpus weight
- orel
orel
32,250 corpus weight
- orientable
orientable
32,249 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « optic » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | optic |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ut.ˈtik\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #67,749 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « optic » en français
Rare enough to double-check
optic is uncommon French at frequency #67,749 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ut.ˈtik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Optique.".
Zero misspellings are on record for optic in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is optic, spelled O-P-T-I-C.
Definition
- 1Optique.
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.
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