particule

\paʁ.ti.kyl\

/\paʁ.ti.kyl\/ noun

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The verdict

“particule” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,550. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,550
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petite partie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-particule · particule · French

particule · rank #18,550 · 13 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,550
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pantin

Nearest frequency peer: pantin (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « particule »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « particule » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

particule vs partielle
78% similar
particule vs particules
90% similar
particule vs particulier
82% similar

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

Key facts for particule
PropertyValue
Headwordparticule
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\paʁ.ti.kyl\
Letters9
Frequency rank#18,550
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « particule »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).particulese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pantin » (#18,549), « outrance » (#18,548), « obscures » (#18,547). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « particule » est au #18,550. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around particule (IPA \paʁ.ti.kyl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,550 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for particule, with forms such as "aprticule", "paritcule", and "parrticule". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "partielle", "particules", "particulier", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is particule, spelled P-A-R-T-I-C-U-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petite partie.
  2. 2
    Constituant élémentaire non continu de la matière.
  3. 3
    Mot-outil invariable très court qui ne se classe dans aucune catégorie lexicale majeure.
  4. 4
    Mot-outil invariable très court, tel que la plupart des prépositions, conjonctions et interjections.
  5. 5
    Petit mot invariable qui ne peut point être employé seul et qui s’unit à un radical pour le modifier et former un seul mot avec lui.
  6. 6
    Préposition qui précède un nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dans le mot 'filer', il y a la particule 'fil'.
  2. Le soleil, la lune et les autres astres, qui se formaient par eux-mêmes, étaient ensuite enveloppés par le monde, ainsi évidemment que tout ce qu’il préserve, mais dès le début ils se façonnaient et s’accroissaient (de la même façon que la terre et la mer) grâce à des accrétions et des tournoiements de fines particules, […].

This word in other languages

particle(English)partícula(Español)Teilchen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aprticule
  • paritcule
  • parrticule
  • partciule
  • particcule
  • particlue
  • particuel
  • particulle
  • partiucle
  • partticule
  • patricule
  • pparticule
  • praticule

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of particule - 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.

aprticule2paritcule2parrticule1partciule2particcule1particlue2particuel2particulle1
Edit distance from "particule"

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 "particule"?
"particule" is spelled P-A-R-T-I-C-U-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \paʁ.ti.kyl\.
What does "particule" mean?
As a noun, "particule" means: Petite partie.
What words are commonly confused with "particule"?
"particule" is commonly confused with "partielle", "particules", "particulier". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "particule"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "particule" is \paʁ.ti.kyl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "particule" come from?
"particule" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list