Panik
\paˈnɪk\
The verdict
“Panik” is uncommon French (frequency #90,004 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,004
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Panique, (peur soudaine, complète et souvent irraisonnée).
Corpus desk
Index FR-panik · Panik · French
Panik · rank #90,004 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,004
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH pancréatiques
Nearest frequency peer: pancréatiques (-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 « Panik »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- palmés
palmés
10,001 corpus weight
- palourde
palourde
10,000 corpus weight
- pancréatiqu…
pancréatiques
9,998 corpus weight
- Panik
Panik
9,997 corpus weight
- panthéisme
panthéisme
9,996 corpus weight
- paramédical…
paramédicales
9,994 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Panik » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Panik |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \paˈnɪk\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #90,004 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Panik » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Panik is uncommon French at frequency #90,004 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \paˈnɪk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Panique, (peur soudaine, complète et souvent irraisonnée).".
Panik has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Panik, spelled P-A-N-I-K.
Definition
- 1Panique, (peur soudaine, complète et souvent irraisonnée).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Panik appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Panik lässt sich kaum kontrollieren.
Das Boot sinkt, aber nur keine Panik!
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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