schizophrénique

\ski.zo.fʁe.nik\

/\ski.zo.fʁe.nik\/ adj

The verdict

“schizophrénique” is uncommon French (frequency #79,726 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,726
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui appartient, qui a rapport à la schizophrénie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-schizophrenique · schizophrénique · French

schizophrénique · rank #79,726 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,726
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH Scarlatti

Nearest frequency peer: Scarlatti (-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 « schizophrénique »

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 « schizophrénique » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for schizophrénique
PropertyValue
Headwordschizophrénique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ski.zo.fʁe.nik\
Letters15
Frequency rank#79,726
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « schizophrénique » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).schizophréniquetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Scarlatti » (#79,725), « saugrenu » (#79,724), « schola » (#79,728). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « schizophrénique » est au #79,726. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

schizophrénique is uncommon French at frequency #79,726 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ski.zo.fʁe.nik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui appartient, qui a rapport à la schizophrénie.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for schizophrénique, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is schizophrénique, spelled S-C-H-I-Z-O-P-H-R-É-N-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui appartient, qui a rapport à la schizophrénie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La situation était devenue schizophrénique et explosive, avec d’un côté de jeunes guerriers – dont Ahiga – ralliés à la rébellion et de l’autre des scouts qui combattaient contre leurs propres frères.

This word in other languages

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 "schizophrénique"?
"schizophrénique" is spelled S-C-H-I-Z-O-P-H-R-É-N-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ski.zo.fʁe.nik\.
What does "schizophrénique" mean?
As an adjective, "schizophrénique" means: Qui appartient, qui a rapport à la schizophrénie.
How do you pronounce "schizophrénique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schizophrénique" is \ski.zo.fʁe.nik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list