technique
\tɛk.nik\
The verdict
“technique” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #857. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #857
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Manière d’accomplir une tâche qui n’est pas immédiatement évidente.
Corpus desk
Index FR-technique · technique · French
technique · rank #857 · 13 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #857
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH rend
Nearest frequency peer: rend (-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 « technique »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- prochaine
prochaine
99,147 corpus weight
- rend
rend
99,145 corpus weight
- technique
technique
99,144 corpus weight
- union
union
99,143 corpus weight
- V
V
99,142 corpus weight
- voyage
voyage
99,141 corpus weight
What this shows « technique » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | technique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɛk.nik\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #857 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « technique »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around technique (IPA \tɛk.nik\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #857 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for technique, with forms such as "etchnique", "tcehnique", and "tecchnique". 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, "techniques", "tectonique", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is technique, spelled T-E-C-H-N-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Manière d’accomplir une tâche qui n’est pas immédiatement évidente.
- 2Ensemble des procédés qu’on doit méthodiquement employer pour un art, pour une recherche, dans un métier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how technique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nos dragages pratiqués suivant une technique un peu nouvelle avec de vieilles dragues réformées, nous permirent de rapporter de nombreux et très volumineux échantillons géologiques.
À Lodi, j’ai rencontré mon ami de Milly, […], torturé par les « paras » lui aussi, mais suivant une nouvelle technique : il fut attaché nu, sur une chaise métallique où passait le courant électrique; […].
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etchnique
- tcehnique
- tecchnique
- techhnique
- techinque
- techniqeu
- techniqque
- techniuqe
- technnique
- technqiue
- tecnhique
- tehcnique
- ttechnique
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of technique - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).