spécifique

/\spe.si.fik\/ adj

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,226

in French word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

spécifique is anFrenchadj. It means: [Postposé] Qui est propre à quelque chose ou à quelqu’un en particulier. Pronounced \spe.si.fik\. It ranks #3,226 in French word frequency. Often confused with spécifiques and spécifie.

Key facts for spécifique
PropertyValue
Headwordspécifique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\spe.si.fik\
Letters10
Frequency rank#3,226
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of spécifique in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for spécifique is 10 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \spe.si.fik\. Corpus data places it at rank #3,226 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for spécifique, with forms such as "psécifique", "spcéifique", and "specifique". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "spécifiques", "spécifie", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is spécifique, spelled S-P-É-C-I-F-I-Q-U-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    [Postposé] Qui est propre à quelque chose ou à quelqu’un en particulier.
  2. 2
    Qualifie le nom ou l’adjectif qui est ajouté au nom générique pour distinguer chaque espèce du genre.
  3. 3
    Qui concerne un nombre restreint d’espèces particulières.
  4. 4
    Qualifie le poids ou la masse de l’unité de volume primaire d’un corps.
  5. 5
    (plus généralement) Qualifie une grandeur extensive dont la valeur est exprimée par rapport à une mesure d'extension tel la masse, le volume.
  6. 6
    [Suivi de la préposition à ou de] Qui est particulier à, propre à quelque chose ou à quelqu’un.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: psécifique,spcéifique,specifique,sppécifique,spéccifique,spécfiique,spéciffique,spécifiqeu,spécifiqque,spécifiuqe,spécifqiue,spéciifque,spéicfique,sspécifique,sépcifique

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for spécifique

Misspelling Variants of "spécifique"

psécifique10spcéifique10specifique10sppécifique11spéccifique11spécfiique10spéciffique11spécifiqeu10
Misspelling Variants of "spécifique"

Frequency rank: #3,226 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "spécifique"?
"spécifique" is spelled S-P-É-C-I-F-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \spe.si.fik\.
What does "spécifique" mean?
As an adj, "spécifique" means: [Postposé] Qui est propre à quelque chose ou à quelqu’un en particulier.
What words are commonly confused with "spécifique"?
"spécifique" is commonly confused with "spécifiques", "spécifie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "spécifique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "spécifique" is \spe.si.fik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "spécifique" come from?
"spécifique" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.