concupiscence

\kɔ̃.ky.pi.sɑ̃s\

/\kɔ̃.ky.pi.sɑ̃s\/ noun

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The verdict

“concupiscence” is uncommon French (frequency #75,529 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,529
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Envie, inclination violente aux plaisirs qui sont interdits par les moralistes, surtout aux plaisirs sexuels.

Corpus desk

Index FR-concupiscence · concupiscence · French

concupiscence · rank #75,529 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,529
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH concomitant

Nearest frequency peer: concomitant (-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 « concupiscence »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « concupiscence » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for concupiscence
PropertyValue
Headwordconcupiscence
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.ky.pi.sɑ̃s\
Letters13
Frequency rank#75,529
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « concupiscence » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).concupiscencetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « concomitant » (#75,528), « condamnerait » (#75,530), « concomitamment » (#75,527). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « concupiscence » est au #75,529. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

concupiscence is uncommon French at frequency #75,529 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ̃.ky.pi.sɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Envie, inclination violente aux plaisirs qui sont interdits par les moralistes, surtout aux plaisirs sexuels.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for concupiscence, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is concupiscence, spelled C-O-N-C-U-P-I-S-C-E-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Envie, inclination violente aux plaisirs qui sont interdits par les moralistes, surtout aux plaisirs sexuels.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Elle est en ce moment dans le bois d’oliviers, et les gardes (vos gardes, Taxis) font calmer par elle leurs concupiscences pendant les intervalles de recherches.
  2. Le mot de concupiscence charnelle, pareil à un lourd crapaud élastique, n’a de plein sens que si on l’applique aux familles poussées à même le sol. Les lourds repliements d’appétits sensuels, les énormes convoitises tapies des années durant, ne sont possibles qu’à la campagne, où les maisons sont encore des êtres qui s’observent, se haïssent, gémissent au…

This word in other languages

lustfulness(English)concupiscencia(Español)Begierde(Deutsch)

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 "concupiscence"?
"concupiscence" is spelled C-O-N-C-U-P-I-S-C-E-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.ky.pi.sɑ̃s\.
What does "concupiscence" mean?
As a noun, "concupiscence" means: Envie, inclination violente aux plaisirs qui sont interdits par les moralistes, surtout aux plaisirs sexuels.
How do you pronounce "concupiscence"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "concupiscence" is \kɔ̃.ky.pi.sɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

colonisations#75,521coproductions#75,544civilisatrice#75,510charbonnières#75,495

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list