squelettique
\skə.lɛ.tik\
The verdict
“squelettique” is uncommon French (frequency #50,520 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,520
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif aux parties du squelette ou de l'exosquelette.
Corpus desk
Index FR-squelettique · squelettique · French
squelettique · rank #50,520 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,520
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH spies
Nearest frequency peer: spies (-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 « squelettique »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- souffleur
souffleur
49,484 corpus weight
- spaces
spaces
49,483 corpus weight
- spies
spies
49,482 corpus weight
- squelettique
squelettique
49,481 corpus weight
- stagnante
stagnante
49,480 corpus weight
- stagnent
stagnent
49,479 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « squelettique » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | squelettique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \skə.lɛ.tik\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #50,520 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « squelettique » en français
Rare enough to double-check
squelettique is uncommon French at frequency #50,520 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \skə.lɛ.tik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
squelettique has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is squelettique, spelled S-Q-U-E-L-E-T-T-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Relatif aux parties du squelette ou de l'exosquelette.
- 2Qui tient du squelette ; qui évoque l’image d’un squelette.
- 3Très réduit ; peu nombreux.
- 4Qualifie un sol caillouteux ou sableux, peu profond et peu fertile.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how squelettique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce que nous apprennent ainsi les organes squelettiques nous est répété et confirmé par l'étude des systèmes nerveux et musculaires.
Pour la dernière édition de la Semaine de la mode de Sao Paulo, les corps squelettiques ont laissé la place aux silhouettes athlétiques, témoin d’un intérêt mondial pour une vie plus saine.
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.
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