optique
\ɔp.tik\
The verdict
“optique” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,514. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,514
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif aux phénomènes de la lumière et de la vision.
Corpus desk
Index FR-optique · optique · French
optique · rank #4,514 · 9 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,514
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH noble
Nearest frequency peer: noble (-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 « optique »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- modificatio…
modifications
95,490 corpus weight
- motivation
motivation
95,489 corpus weight
- noble
noble
95,488 corpus weight
- optique
optique
95,487 corpus weight
- ouvertes
ouvertes
95,486 corpus weight
- photographie
photographie
95,485 corpus weight
What this shows « optique » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | optique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɔp.tik\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #4,514 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « optique »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around optique (IPA \ɔp.tik\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,514 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for optique, with forms such as "opitque", "opptique", and "optiqeu". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "optiques", "opaque", "oblique", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 optique, spelled O-P-T-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Relatif aux phénomènes de la lumière et de la vision.
- 2Relatif aux phénomènes de la lumière et de la vision.
- 3Relatif aux phénomènes de la lumière et de la vision.
- 4Qui concerne l’œil ; oculaire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how optique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…], et une vis de rappel micrométrique peut ensuite soulever ou abaisser la lunette par un mouvement doux et modérable , pour faire atteindre plus exactement à son axe optique la hauteur voulue.
Le dernier pigeon du fort de Vaux est mort. Les transmissionnaires du fort de Souville, jumelles aux yeux, regardent clignoter les messages optiques.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- opitque
- opptique
- optiqeu
- optiqque
- optiuqe
- optqiue
- opttique
- otpique
- potique
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of optique - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).