satanique

\sa.ta.nik\

/\sa.ta.nik\/ adj

The verdict

“satanique” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,306. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,306
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui tient de Satan, qui est diabolique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-satanique · satanique · French

satanique · rank #34,306 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,306
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sardou

Nearest frequency peer: Sardou (-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 « satanique »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « satanique » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

satanique vs statique
78% similar
satanique vs satirique
78% similar
satanique vs Salonique
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for satanique
PropertyValue
Headwordsatanique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\sa.ta.nik\
Letters9
Frequency rank#34,306
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « satanique »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).sataniquese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Sardou » (#34,305), « sculptées » (#34,307), « sardine » (#34,304). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « satanique » est au #34,306. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around satanique (IPA \sa.ta.nik\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #34,306 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui tient de Satan, qui est diabolique.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for satanique, with forms such as "astanique", "saatnique", and "satainque". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "statique", "satirique", "Salonique", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 satanique, spelled S-A-T-A-N-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui tient de Satan, qui est diabolique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how satanique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Un titre est toujours bon ; et lâche-moi franchement tes poètes catholiques et sataniques, aussi avancés en philosophie qu’on l’était au XIIᵉ siècle.
  2. Salman Rushdie, dont l’ouvrage « Les Versets sataniques » en avait fait la cible d’une fatwa en 1989, a été poignardé hier par un homme lors d’une conférence dans l’État de New-York.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • astanique
  • saatnique
  • satainque
  • sataniqeu
  • sataniqque
  • sataniuqe
  • satannique
  • satanqiue
  • satnaique
  • sattanique
  • ssatanique
  • staanique

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of satanique - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

astanique2saatnique2satainque2sataniqeu2sataniqque1sataniuqe2satannique1satanqiue2
Edit distance from "satanique"

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 "satanique"?
"satanique" is spelled S-A-T-A-N-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sa.ta.nik\.
What does "satanique" mean?
As an adjective, "satanique" means: Qui tient de Satan, qui est diabolique.
What words are commonly confused with "satanique"?
"satanique" is commonly confused with "statique", "satirique", "Salonique". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "satanique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "satanique" is \sa.ta.nik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "satanique" come from?
"satanique" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list