déficientes

\de.fi.sjɑ̃t\

/\de.fi.sjɑ̃t\/ adj

The verdict

“déficientes” is uncommon French (frequency #71,455 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,455
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de déficient.

Corpus desk

Index FR-deficientes · déficientes · French

déficientes · rank #71,455 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,455
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH défavorableme…

Nearest frequency peer: défavorablement (-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 « déficientes »

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 « déficientes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for déficientes
PropertyValue
Headworddéficientes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\de.fi.sjɑ̃t\
Letters11
Frequency rank#71,455
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « déficientes » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.déficientestombe 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: « défavorablement » (#71,454), « déité » (#71,456), « décréta » (#71,453). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « déficientes » est au #71,455. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

déficientes is uncommon French at frequency #71,455 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \de.fi.sjɑ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin pluriel de déficient.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for déficientes, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is déficientes, spelled D-É-F-I-C-I-E-N-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de déficient.

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 "déficientes"?
"déficientes" is spelled D-É-F-I-C-I-E-N-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \de.fi.sjɑ̃t\.
What does "déficientes" mean?
As an adjective, "déficientes" means: Féminin pluriel de déficient.
How do you pronounce "déficientes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "déficientes" is \de.fi.sjɑ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "déficientes" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list