problématique
\pʁɔ.ble.ma.tik\
The verdict
“problématique” has 20 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,595. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,595
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 20
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dont on peut douter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-problematique · problématique · French
problématique · rank #5,595 · 20 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #5,595
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 20 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH poussière
Nearest frequency peer: poussière (-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 « problématique »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- perdent
perdent
94,409 corpus weight
- pic
pic
94,408 corpus weight
- poussière
poussière
94,407 corpus weight
- problématiq…
problématique
94,406 corpus weight
- pères
pères
94,405 corpus weight
- pétition
pétition
94,404 corpus weight
What this shows « problématique » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | problématique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pʁɔ.ble.ma.tik\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #5,595 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « problématique »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 20 spelling variants around problématique (IPA \pʁɔ.ble.ma.tik\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,595 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for problématique, with forms such as "porblématique", "pproblématique", and "prbolématique". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "problématiques", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is problématique, spelled P-R-O-B-L-É-M-A-T-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Dont on peut douter.
- 2Qui est difficile à interpréter, à comprendre par son caractère peu clair ou ambigu.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how problématique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’influence de l’électricité atmosphérique sur les congestions cérébrales est encore problématique.
C’était une grande chambre dont les murs, revêtus par l’humidité d’une teinte noirâtre, laissaient à peine deviner çà et là quelques restes problématiques d’une ancienne peinture à l’huile.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- porblématique
- pproblématique
- prbolématique
- probblématique
- problematique
- probllématique
- problméatique
- probléamtique
- problémaitque
- problématiqeu
- problématiqque
- problématiuqe
- problématqiue
- problémattique
- problémmatique
- problémtaique
- probélmatique
- prolbématique
- prroblématique
- rpoblématique
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of problématique - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "problématique", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).