astucieuse
\as.ty.sjøz\
The verdict
“astucieuse” is uncommon French (frequency #51,888 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,888
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de astucieux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-astucieuse · astucieuse · French
astucieuse · rank #51,888 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,888
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH astrée
Nearest frequency peer: astrée (-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 « astucieuse »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- arabi
arabi
48,117 corpus weight
- arrangeur
arrangeur
48,116 corpus weight
- astrée
astrée
48,114 corpus weight
- astucieuse
astucieuse
48,113 corpus weight
- atmosphere
atmosphere
48,112 corpus weight
- attardée
attardée
48,110 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « astucieuse » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | astucieuse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \as.ty.sjøz\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #51,888 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « astucieuse » en français
Rare enough to double-check
astucieuse is uncommon French at frequency #51,888 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \as.ty.sjøz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de astucieux.".
astucieuse has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is astucieuse, spelled A-S-T-U-C-I-E-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1Féminin singulier de astucieux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how astucieuse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle était vêtue d’une délicieuse robe bleue en velours de coton, toujours le fichu clair, des grappes de raisins en grenat et or aux oreilles, les cheveux en ringleet, la jeannette astucieuse, de petits souliers en satin noir, des bas de soie gris, et des gants de Suède ; puis des airs de reine et des coquetteries de jeune fille à prendre tous les Rogron…
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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