phallique

\fa.lik\

/\fa.lik\/ adj

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The verdict

“phallique” is uncommon French (frequency #54,790 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,790
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif au phallus.

Corpus desk

Index FR-phallique · phallique · French

phallique · rank #54,790 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,790
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH Perreault

Nearest frequency peer: Perreault (-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 « phallique »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for phallique
PropertyValue
Headwordphallique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\fa.lik\
Letters9
Frequency rank#54,790
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « phallique » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).phalliquetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Perreault » (#54,789), « Phuket » (#54,791), « perpétrée » (#54,788). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « phallique » est au #54,790. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

phallique is uncommon French at frequency #54,790 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fa.lik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relatif au phallus.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for phallique, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is phallique, spelled P-H-A-L-L-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif au phallus.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Parce que les cloîtres sont des objets de mystère même sous l’Ancien Régime, leur fermeture aux temps révolutionnaires comme leurs réouvertures ultérieures donnent lieu à une iconographie nouvelle, embellissante, ricanante ou héroïsante, trois tendances que synthétise en une seule apparition proprement médusante une gravure de « l’obscur » Jean-Jacques Le…
  2. La hampe nord-coréenne est la troisième plus grande du monde — quant à savoir s’il faut y voir un symbole phallique compensatoire, ça… — (Mikal Hem, Et si je devenais dictateur, traduit du norvégien par Jean-Baptiste Coursaud, Gaïa, 2017, page 179)

This word in other languages

phallic(English)fálico(Español)phallisch(Deutsch)

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 "phallique"?
"phallique" is spelled P-H-A-L-L-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fa.lik\.
What does "phallique" mean?
As an adjective, "phallique" means: Relatif au phallus.
How do you pronounce "phallique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "phallique" is \fa.lik\. 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 "phallique", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Perreault#54,789perpétrée#54,788Parthénon#54,783parrainée#54,782

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list