quadratique

\kwa.dʁa.tik\

/\kwa.dʁa.tik\/ adj

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The verdict

“quadratique” is uncommon French (frequency #61,814 among 352 “Q” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,814
frequency rank, French
352
“Q” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui se rapporte au carré au sens géométrique ou numérique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-quadratique · quadratique · French

quadratique · rank #61,814 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,814
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 352
  • PHOTO-FINISH quali

Nearest frequency peer: quali (+2 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 « quadratique »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « quadratique » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for quadratique
PropertyValue
Headwordquadratique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kwa.dʁa.tik\
Letters11
Frequency rank#61,814
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « quadratique » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).quadratiquetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « quali » (#61,816), « PwC » (#61,811), « Queyras » (#61,817). Parmi 352 lemmes en « Q », « quadratique » est au #61,814. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

quadratique is uncommon French at frequency #61,814 among 352 “Q” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kwa.dʁa.tik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

quadratique doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is quadratique, spelled Q-U-A-D-R-A-T-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui se rapporte au carré au sens géométrique ou numérique.
  2. 2
    Se dit d’un cristal dont la maille est un parallélépipède droit à base carrée.

Synonyms

tétragonal

This word in other languages

quadratic(English)cuadrática(Español)quadratisch(Deutsch)

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 "quadratique"?
"quadratique" is spelled Q-U-A-D-R-A-T-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kwa.dʁa.tik\.
What does "quadratique" mean?
As an adjective, "quadratique" means: Qui se rapporte au carré au sens géométrique ou numérique.
How do you pronounce "quadratique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quadratique" is \kwa.dʁa.tik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quadratique" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

préexistant#61,807rassemblons#61,826rattrapages#61,827reprendrons#61,840

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list