particulaire

\paʁ.ti.ky.lɛʁ\

/\paʁ.ti.ky.lɛʁ\/ adj

The verdict

“particulaire” is uncommon French (frequency #99,465 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,465
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif à une particule.

Corpus desk

Index FR-particulaire · particulaire · French

particulaire · rank #99,465 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,465
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH partement

Nearest frequency peer: partement (-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 « particulaire »

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 « particulaire » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for particulaire
PropertyValue
Headwordparticulaire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\paʁ.ti.ky.lɛʁ\
Letters12
Frequency rank#99,465
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « particulaire » en français

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « partement » (#99,464), « patrouillait » (#99,466), « parloirs » (#99,463). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « particulaire » est au #99,465. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

particulaire is uncommon French at frequency #99,465 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \paʁ.ti.ky.lɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relatif à une particule.".

No misspelling variants are generated for particulaire in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is particulaire, spelled P-A-R-T-I-C-U-L-A-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif à une particule.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il ne peut y avoir de doute pour moi que la matière particulaire ne possède pas par elle-même du mouvement, qu’elle n’en prend d’une façon visible, dans certains cas, que pour se désénergétiser lorsqu’elle est énergétisée avec excès.
  2. Ainsi, le modèle particulaire (ou modèle corpusculaire) est un modèle scientifique basé sur l'idée que la matière est composée de particules.

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 "particulaire"?
"particulaire" is spelled P-A-R-T-I-C-U-L-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \paʁ.ti.ky.lɛʁ\.
What does "particulaire" mean?
As an adjective, "particulaire" means: Relatif à une particule.
How do you pronounce "particulaire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "particulaire" is \paʁ.ti.ky.lɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list