patristique
\pa.tʁis.tik\
The verdict
“patristique” is uncommon French (frequency #79,597 among 248,534 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,597
- frequency rank, French
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui a rapport aux pères de l’Église, qui ont vécu durant les tout premiers siècles du christianisme.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | patristique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pa.tʁis.tik\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #79,597 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “patristique” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
patristique is uncommon French at frequency #79,597 among 248,534 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pa.tʁis.tik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui a rapport aux pères de l’Église, qui ont vécu durant les tout premiers siècles du christianisme.".
patristique has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is patristique, spelled P-A-T-R-I-S-T-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Qui a rapport aux pères de l’Église, qui ont vécu durant les tout premiers siècles du christianisme.
This word in other languages
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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Using “patristique”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-A-T-R-I-S-T-I-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pa.tʁis.tik\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.