sceptique

\sɛp.tik\

/\sɛp.tik\/ adj

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The verdict

“sceptique” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,149. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,149
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualifie les philosophes qui disent qu’il n’y a rien de certain.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sceptique · sceptique · French

sceptique · rank #14,149 · 13 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,149
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH Saxe

Nearest frequency peer: Saxe (-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 « sceptique »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sceptique » 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).

sceptique vs septique
89% similar
sceptique vs sciatique
78% similar
sceptique vs sceptiques
90% similar

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

Key facts for sceptique
PropertyValue
Headwordsceptique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\sɛp.tik\
Letters9
Frequency rank#14,149
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sceptique »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.sceptiquese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Saxe » (#14,148), « scorpion » (#14,150), « sarko » (#14,147). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sceptique » est au #14,149. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around sceptique (IPA \sɛp.tik\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #14,149 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for sceptique, with forms such as "cseptique", "scceptique", and "scepitque". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "septique", "sciatique", "sceptiques", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is sceptique, spelled S-C-E-P-T-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qualifie les philosophes qui disent qu’il n’y a rien de certain.
  2. 2
    Qualifie les personnes qui affectent de douter de tout ce qui n’est pas prouvé d’une manière évidente, incontestable.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pyrrhon est considéré comme l’initiateur de la philosophie sceptique.
  2. Les philosophes sceptiques.

This word in other languages

sceptical(English)escéptico(Español)skeptisch(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cseptique
  • scceptique
  • scepitque
  • scepptique
  • sceptiqeu
  • sceptiqque
  • sceptiuqe
  • sceptqiue
  • scepttique
  • scetpique
  • scpetique
  • secptique
  • ssceptique

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sceptique - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

cseptique2scceptique1scepitque2scepptique1sceptiqeu2sceptiqque1sceptiuqe2sceptqiue2
Edit distance from "sceptique"

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 "sceptique"?
"sceptique" is spelled S-C-E-P-T-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sɛp.tik\.
What does "sceptique" mean?
As an adjective, "sceptique" means: Qualifie les philosophes qui disent qu’il n’y a rien de certain.
What words are commonly confused with "sceptique"?
"sceptique" is commonly confused with "septique", "sciatique", "sceptiques". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sceptique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sceptique" is \sɛp.tik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sceptique" come from?
"sceptique" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

réalistes#14,141supprimée#14,161restaient#14,135émissaire#14,182

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

équations13 variantsagresseurs13 variantsnourrissent13 variantsnordiques13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list