patronymique
\pa.tʁɔ.ni.mik\
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
- participais
participais
32,238 corpus weight
- participati…
participatives
32,237 corpus weight
- pastoralisme
pastoralisme
32,236 corpus weight
- patronymique
patronymique
32,235 corpus weight
- payerai
payerai
32,234 corpus weight
- pellet
pellet
32,233 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « patronymique » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | patronymique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pa.tʁɔ.ni.mik\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #67,766 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « patronymique » en français
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
- 1Relatif au patronyme, qui dérive du nom du père.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how patronymique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
Héraclides, Séleucides sont des noms patronymiques.
Antonyms
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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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