pentatonique
\pɛ̃.ta.to.nik\
The verdict
“pentatonique” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui comporte cinq sons.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pentatonique · pentatonique · French
pentatonique · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pentatonique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pɛ̃.ta.to.nik\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pentatonique » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pentatonique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pɛ̃.ta.to.nik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui comporte cinq sons.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for pentatonique in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is pentatonique, spelled P-E-N-T-A-T-O-N-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Qui comporte cinq sons.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pentatonique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le rythme est souverain dans la musique de Bartok, et l'emploi d'une gamme défective pentatonique assez fréquent.
La série dodécaphonique est formée de deux groupes pentatoniques (allusion à la gamme chinoise) auxquels sont adjointes deux notes formant une quinte.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.