synthétique

\sɛ̃.te.tik\

/\sɛ̃.te.tik\/ adj

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The verdict

“synthétique” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,263. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,263
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif à la synthèse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-synthetique · synthétique · French

synthétique · rank #12,263 · 18 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #12,263
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH suédoise

Nearest frequency peer: suédoise (-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 « synthétique »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « synthétique » 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).

synthétique vs synthétiques
92% similar

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

Key facts for synthétique
PropertyValue
Headwordsynthétique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\sɛ̃.te.tik\
Letters11
Frequency rank#12,263
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « synthétique »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).synthétiquese 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 « suédoise » (#12,262), « suggérer » (#12,261), « tambour » (#12,265). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « synthétique » est au #12,263. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around synthétique (IPA \sɛ̃.te.tik\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #12,263 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for synthétique, with forms such as "snythétique", "ssynthétique", and "synhtétique". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "synthétiques", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is synthétique, spelled S-Y-N-T-H-É-T-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif à la synthèse.
  2. 2
    Qui est composé par voie de synthèse.
  3. 3
    Qualifie un polymère obtenu entièrement par synthèse chimique à partir de monomères, généralement d’origine pétrochimique.
  4. 4
    Qualifie une langue qui exprime des rapports complexes par un seul mot.
  5. 5
    Qualifie une langue créée artificiellement à partir de plusieurs autres.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Méthode synthétique.
  2. Démonstration synthétique.

Antonyms

analytique

This word in other languages

synthetic(English)sintético(Español)synthetisch(Deutsch)sintético(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • snythétique
  • ssynthétique
  • synhtétique
  • synnthétique
  • synthetique
  • synthhétique
  • synthtéique
  • synthéitque
  • synthétiqeu
  • synthétiqque
  • synthétiuqe
  • synthétqiue
  • synthéttique
  • syntthétique
  • syntéhtique
  • sytnhétique
  • syynthétique
  • ysnthétique

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of synthétique - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

snythétique2ssynthétique1synhtétique2synnthétique1synthetique1synthhétique1synthtéique2synthéitque2
Edit distance from "synthétique"

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 "synthétique"?
"synthétique" is spelled S-Y-N-T-H-É-T-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sɛ̃.te.tik\.
What does "synthétique" mean?
As an adjective, "synthétique" means: Relatif à la synthèse.
What words are commonly confused with "synthétique"?
"synthétique" is commonly confused with "synthétiques". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "synthétique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "synthétique" is \sɛ̃.te.tik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "synthétique" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

respectable#12,238acharnement#12,295agressivité#12,298présomption#12,228

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

satisfaisant18 variantsénergétiques18 variantsinterrogatoire18 variantspréparatifs18 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list