panique

\pa.nik\

/\pa.nik\/ adj

The verdict

“panique” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,056. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,056
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a un rapport avec le dieu Pan ou les forces de la nature.

Corpus desk

Index FR-panique · panique · French

panique · rank #5,056 · 9 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,056
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH Oscar

Nearest frequency peer: Oscar (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “panique”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “panique” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

panique vs pique
71% similar
panique vs pâque
57% similar
panique vs parque
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for panique
PropertyValue
Headwordpanique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pa.nik\
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,056
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “panique” se place dans la fréquence du français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).paniquese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Oscar » (#5,055), « passées » (#5,057), « off » (#5,054). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around panique (IPA \pa.nik\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,056 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for panique, with forms such as "apnique", "painque", and "paniqeu". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "pique", "pâque", "parque", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is panique, spelled P-A-N-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a un rapport avec le dieu Pan ou les forces de la nature.
  2. 2
    En parlant d’une terreur, d’une peur : soudaine, complète et souvent irraisonnée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how panique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. L’énorme joie panique dans laquelle passe la joie de l’univers.
  2. La pénombre et l’immobilité close prenaient dans un cristal magique ces débris médiocres, une rêverie se dévidait au fil de ce bruit de fontaines qui semblait rappeler encore à leurs humbles besognes les occupants évanouis, renouer en guirlande muette autour du puits et du lavoir ces gestes profonds qui font bondir au cœur comme un sentiment panique de la…

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apnique
  • painque
  • paniqeu
  • paniqque
  • paniuqe
  • pannique
  • panqiue
  • pnaique
  • ppanique

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of panique - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

apnique2painque2paniqeu2paniqque1paniuqe2pannique1panqiue2pnaique2
Edit distance from "panique"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "panique"?
"panique" is spelled P-A-N-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.nik\.
What does "panique" mean?
As an adjective, "panique" means: Qui a un rapport avec le dieu Pan ou les forces de la nature.
What words are commonly confused with "panique"?
"panique" is commonly confused with "pique", "pâque", "parque". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "panique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "panique" is \pa.nik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "panique" come from?
"panique" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "panique", not the corpus desk frequency band.

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).

What to do next

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  • "panique" maps to 12 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "pique". View pair
  • 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
  • Usage frequency rank #5,056 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
  • Browse more French words in the "P" letter cohort. P–Z browse

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list