protéique
\pʁɔ.te.ik\
The verdict
“protéique” is uncommon French (frequency #54,182 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,182
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif aux protéines.
Corpus desk
Index FR-proteique · protéique · French
protéique · rank #54,182 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,182
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH prostitue
Nearest frequency peer: prostitue (-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 « protéique »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- prophylaxie
prophylaxie
45,821 corpus weight
- prostitue
prostitue
45,820 corpus weight
- protéique
protéique
45,819 corpus weight
- provocant
provocant
45,818 corpus weight
- proxénètes
proxénètes
45,817 corpus weight
- prévienne
prévienne
45,816 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « protéique » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | protéique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pʁɔ.te.ik\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #54,182 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « protéique » en français
Rare enough to double-check
protéique is uncommon French at frequency #54,182 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pʁɔ.te.ik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relatif aux protéines.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for protéique in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is protéique, spelled P-R-O-T-É-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Relatif aux protéines.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how protéique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ces produits, appelés matières albuminoïdes ou substances protéiques, jouent un rôle essentiel dans le développement des êtres vivants : l'albumine de l'œuf, la fibrine du sang, la caséine du lait, le gluten de la farine appartiennent à ce groupe.
Votre article sur la possible modification génétique de l’apport protéique des Anotrichium yagii pour transformer une algue invasive en complément nutritif est passionnant.
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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