pragmatique

\pʁaɡ.ma.tik\

/\pʁaɡ.ma.tik\/ adj

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The verdict

“pragmatique” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,447. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,447
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualifie le choix d'une décision, d'une action, ou directement la décision ou l'action, adaptée au but recherché, qui s’impose immédiatement, qui s’avère plus pratique plus efficace.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pragmatique · pragmatique · French

pragmatique · rank #13,447 · 16 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,447
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH poteaux

Nearest frequency peer: poteaux (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « pragmatique »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « pragmatique » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

pragmatique vs pragmatisme
82% similar
pragmatique vs pragmatiques
92% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for pragmatique
PropertyValue
Headwordpragmatique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pʁaɡ.ma.tik\
Letters11
Frequency rank#13,447
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pragmatique »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.pragmatiquese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « poteaux » (#13,446), « progressé » (#13,448), « plantations » (#13,445). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pragmatique » est au #13,447. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around pragmatique (IPA \pʁaɡ.ma.tik\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #13,447 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for pragmatique, with forms such as "pargmatique", "ppragmatique", and "pragamtique". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "pragmatisme", "pragmatiques", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is pragmatique, spelled P-R-A-G-M-A-T-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qualifie le choix d'une décision, d'une action, ou directement la décision ou l'action, adaptée au but recherché, qui s’impose immédiatement, qui s’avère plus pratique plus efficace.
  2. 2
    Qui concerne les affaires, la pratique. Il est surtout utilisé en termes d’Histoire dans cette locution :
  3. 3
    Qui concerne l’action, qui est fondé surtout sur la pratique.
  4. 4
    Qui concerne la pragmatique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. De fil en aiguille, cette langue progresse, et ce pour des raisons essentiellement pragmatiques.
  2. Pragmatique sanction, qui se dit particulièrement d’un Règlement fait en matière ecclésiastique.

This word in other languages

pragmatic(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pargmatique
  • ppragmatique
  • pragamtique
  • praggmatique
  • pragmaitque
  • pragmatiqeu
  • pragmatiqque
  • pragmatiuqe
  • pragmatqiue
  • pragmattique
  • pragmmatique
  • pragmtaique
  • pramgatique
  • prgamatique
  • prragmatique
  • rpagmatique

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pragmatique - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

pargmatique2ppragmatique1pragamtique2praggmatique1pragmaitque2pragmatiqeu2pragmatiqque1pragmatiuqe2
Edit distance from "pragmatique"

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 "pragmatique"?
"pragmatique" is spelled P-R-A-G-M-A-T-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁaɡ.ma.tik\.
What does "pragmatique" mean?
As an adjective, "pragmatique" means: Qualifie le choix d'une décision, d'une action, ou directement la décision ou l'action, adaptée au but recherché, qui s’impose immédiatement, qui s’avère plus pratique plus efficace.
What words are commonly confused with "pragmatique"?
"pragmatique" is commonly confused with "pragmatisme", "pragmatiques". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pragmatique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pragmatique" is \pʁaɡ.ma.tik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pragmatique" come from?
"pragmatique" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pragmatique", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

plantations#13,445patriotisme#13,442québécoises#13,454rationnelle#13,457

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

rencontrée16 variantsventilation16 variantsaffirmations16 variantsBangladesh16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list