satirique

\sa.ti.ʁik\

/\sa.ti.ʁik\/ adj

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The verdict

“satirique” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,560. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,560
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui appartient à la satire ; qui tient de la satire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-satirique · satirique · French

satirique · rank #17,560 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,560
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH Satire

Nearest frequency peer: Satire (-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 « satirique »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « satirique » 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).

satirique vs satiriques
90% similar
satirique vs satanique
78% similar

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

Key facts for satirique
PropertyValue
Headwordsatirique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\sa.ti.ʁik\
Letters9
Frequency rank#17,560
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « satirique »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).satiriquese 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 « Satire » (#17,559), « scandinave » (#17,561), « Sardaigne » (#17,558). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « satirique » est au #17,560. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around satirique (IPA \sa.ti.ʁik\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #17,560 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for satirique, with forms such as "astirique", "saitrique", and "satiirque". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "satiriques", "satanique", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 satirique, spelled S-A-T-I-R-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui appartient à la satire ; qui tient de la satire.
  2. 2
    Qui est enclin aux propos mordants ; qui est porté à la médisance.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mais, pour répondre à ceux qui pourront m'accuser d'avoir été satirique, je soutiens qu'il a toujours été permis aux gens de lettres de plaisanter sur la vie humaine, pourvu que cette plaisanterie ne dégénérât point en rage et en fureur.
  2. La poésie satirique ne procède pas non plus du latin, les Bibles sont nées à l'aspect des désordres du temps.

This word in other languages

satirical(English)satírico(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • astirique
  • saitrique
  • satiirque
  • satiriqeu
  • satiriqque
  • satiriuqe
  • satirqiue
  • satirrique
  • satriique
  • sattirique
  • ssatirique
  • stairique

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of satirique - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

astirique2saitrique2satiirque2satiriqeu2satiriqque1satiriuqe2satirqiue2satirrique1
Edit distance from "satirique"

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 "satirique"?
"satirique" is spelled S-A-T-I-R-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sa.ti.ʁik\.
What does "satirique" mean?
As an adjective, "satirique" means: Qui appartient à la satire ; qui tient de la satire.
What words are commonly confused with "satirique"?
"satirique" is commonly confused with "satiriques", "satanique". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "satirique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "satirique" is \sa.ti.ʁik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "satirique" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Sardaigne#17,558sépulture#17,570remarquez#17,544troupeaux#17,583

Similar misspelling depth

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

sobriété12 variantssurvenir12 variantssurvenus12 variantsréalisez12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list