pragmatique

/\pʁaɡ.ma.tik\/ adj

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,447

in French word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

pragmatique is anFrenchadj. It 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. Pronounced \pʁaɡ.ma.tik\. Often confused with pragmatisme and pragmatiques.

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

Frequency rank visualization

Position of pragmatique in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for pragmatique is 11 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pʁaɡ.ma.tik\. Corpus data places it at rank #13,447 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for pragmatique, with forms such as "pargmatique", "ppragmatique", and "pragamtique". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.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 explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is pragmatique, spelled P-R-A-G-M-A-T-I-Q-U-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: pargmatique,ppragmatique,pragamtique,praggmatique,pragmaitque,pragmatiqeu,pragmatiqque,pragmatiuqe,pragmatqiue,pragmattique,pragmmatique,pragmtaique,pramgatique,prgamatique,prragmatique,rpagmatique

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pragmatique

Misspelling Variants of "pragmatique"

pargmatique11ppragmatique12pragamtique11praggmatique12pragmaitque11pragmatiqeu11pragmatiqque12pragmatiuqe11
Misspelling Variants of "pragmatique"

Frequency rank: #13,447 in French

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 adj, "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. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.