phonologique

\fɔ.nɔ.lɔ.ʒik\

/\fɔ.nɔ.lɔ.ʒik\/ adj

The verdict

“phonologique” is uncommon French (frequency #65,407 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,407
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif à la phonologie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-phonologique · phonologique · French

phonologique · rank #65,407 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,407
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH phonographe

Nearest frequency peer: phonographe (-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 « phonologique »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for phonologique
PropertyValue
Headwordphonologique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\fɔ.nɔ.lɔ.ʒik\
Letters12
Frequency rank#65,407
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « phonologique » en français

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « phonographe » (#65,406), « photomaton » (#65,408), « pickpockets » (#65,409). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « phonologique » est au #65,407. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

phonologique is uncommon French at frequency #65,407 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fɔ.nɔ.lɔ.ʒik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relatif à la phonologie.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for phonologique in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is phonologique, spelled P-H-O-N-O-L-O-G-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif à la phonologie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le [h] du Cockney et celui du bourgeois anglais ou de l'Américain peuvent fort bien être phonétiquement identiques. Ils n'en représentent pas moins deux réalités linguistiques tout à fait distinctes. L’ascension sociale ne se réalise en Angleterre qu'au prix d'une rééducation phonologique fort difficile.
  2. Ainsi, en dépit du fait que le logogramme chinois est souvent peu informatif quant à sa prononciation, l’information phonologique contenue dans l’écriture est exploitée pour prononcer les caractères rares.

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 "phonologique"?
"phonologique" is spelled P-H-O-N-O-L-O-G-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fɔ.nɔ.lɔ.ʒik\.
What does "phonologique" mean?
As an adjective, "phonologique" means: Relatif à la phonologie.
How do you pronounce "phonologique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "phonologique" is \fɔ.nɔ.lɔ.ʒik\. 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 "phonologique", 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