# spectrale vs spectre

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### spectrale
*adjective · IPA \spɛk.tʁal\ · frequency rank #39,050*
Féminin singulier de spectral.

### spectre
*noun · IPA \spɛktʁ\ · frequency rank #6,558*
Fantôme, apparition d’un mort.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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