paludique
\pa.ly.dik\
The verdict
“paludique” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif au paludisme, à la malaria.
Corpus desk
Index FR-paludique · paludique · French
paludique · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | paludique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pa.ly.dik\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
paludique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pa.ly.dik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relatif au paludisme, à la malaria.".
paludique has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 paludique, spelled P-A-L-U-D-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Relatif au paludisme, à la malaria.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how paludique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce modèle de parasitémie paludique offre un nouvel outil pour sonder le nombre de parasites dans différentes conditions, notamment en cas de vaccin ou de test de médicament.
Rien que pour le mois d’avril dernier, sur les 315 malades reçus à l’Hôpital de Lusambo, 155 ont présenté cette forme de trouble paludique.
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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.