parabolique

\pa.ʁa.bɔ.lik\

/\pa.ʁa.bɔ.lik\/ adj

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The verdict

“parabolique” is uncommon French (frequency #51,021 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,021
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a la forme d’une parabole.

Corpus desk

Index FR-parabolique · parabolique · French

parabolique · rank #51,021 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,021
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH parachutage

Nearest frequency peer: parachutage (+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 « parabolique »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « parabolique » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for parabolique
PropertyValue
Headwordparabolique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pa.ʁa.bɔ.lik\
Letters11
Frequency rank#51,021
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « parabolique » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.paraboliquetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « parachutage » (#51,022), « paddock » (#51,019), « parcourues » (#51,023). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « parabolique » est au #51,021. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

parabolique is uncommon French at frequency #51,021 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pa.ʁa.bɔ.lik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for parabolique, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is parabolique, spelled P-A-R-A-B-O-L-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a la forme d’une parabole.
  2. 2
    Qui évoque une parabole, qui s'y rapporte ou qui en a la forme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un miroir parabolique.
  2. Par analogie, un radiateur parabolique.

This word in other languages

parabolic(English)

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 "parabolique"?
"parabolique" is spelled P-A-R-A-B-O-L-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.ʁa.bɔ.lik\.
What does "parabolique" mean?
As an adjective, "parabolique" means: Qui a la forme d’une parabole.
How do you pronounce "parabolique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "parabolique" is \pa.ʁa.bɔ.lik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "parabolique" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

parachutage#51,022ostéoporose#51,015pensionnats#51,032portabilité#51,055

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list