pratique
\pʁa.tik\
The verdict
“pratique” is in the everyday core of French, ranked #796 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #796
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui ne s’arrête pas à la simple spéculation, qui tend, qui conduit à l’action, qui s’occupe de l’application.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pratique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pʁa.tik\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #796 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pratique” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for pratique is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pʁa.tik\. Corpus data places it at rank #796 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for pratique, with forms such as "partique", "ppratique", and "praitque". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "pratiques", "pratiquer", "pratiquée", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is pratique, spelled P-R-A-T-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Qui ne s’arrête pas à la simple spéculation, qui tend, qui conduit à l’action, qui s’occupe de l’application.
- 2Qui est commode, aisé, utile, en parlant des choses.
- 3Qui a le sens des réalités et le goût de l’action en parlant des personnes.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: partique,ppratique,praitque,pratiqeu,pratiqque,pratiuqe,pratqiue,prattique,prratique,prtaique,rpatique
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pratique - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Using “pratique”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-R-A-T-I-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pʁa.tik\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “pratiques” - see the side-by-side comparison. pratique vs pratiques
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.