patronymique

\pa.tʁɔ.ni.mik\

/\pa.tʁɔ.ni.mik\/ adj

The verdict

“patronymique” is uncommon French (frequency #67,766 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,766
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif au patronyme, qui dérive du nom du père.

Corpus desk

Index FR-patronymique · patronymique · French

patronymique · rank #67,766 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,766
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pastoralisme

Nearest frequency peer: pastoralisme (-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 « patronymique »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for patronymique
PropertyValue
Headwordpatronymique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pa.tʁɔ.ni.mik\
Letters12
Frequency rank#67,766
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « patronymique » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).patronymiquetombe 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: « pastoralisme » (#67,765), « payerai » (#67,767), « participatives » (#67,764). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « patronymique » est au #67,766. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

patronymique is uncommon French at frequency #67,766 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pa.tʁɔ.ni.mik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relatif au patronyme, qui dérive du nom du père.".

patronymique has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is patronymique, spelled P-A-T-R-O-N-Y-M-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif au patronyme, qui dérive du nom du père.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Nom patronymique, nom commun à tous les descendants d’une race, et tiré du nom de celui qui en est le père ou, par extension, nom de famille, par opposition aux prénoms, aux noms de terre et aux surnoms.
  2. Héraclides, Séleucides sont des noms patronymiques.

Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "patronymique"?
"patronymique" is spelled P-A-T-R-O-N-Y-M-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.tʁɔ.ni.mik\.
What does "patronymique" mean?
As an adjective, "patronymique" means: Relatif au patronyme, qui dérive du nom du père.
How do you pronounce "patronymique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "patronymique" is \pa.tʁɔ.ni.mik\. 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 "patronymique", 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