délictueux
\de.lik.tɥø\
The verdict
“délictueux” is uncommon French (frequency #56,568 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,568
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a le caractère d’un délit.
Corpus desk
Index FR-delictueux · délictueux · French
délictueux · rank #56,568 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,568
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH dégoter
Nearest frequency peer: dégoter (-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 « délictueux »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- décimer
décimer
43,436 corpus weight
- défilant
défilant
43,435 corpus weight
- dégoter
dégoter
43,434 corpus weight
- délictueux
délictueux
43,433 corpus weight
- délimitées
délimitées
43,432 corpus weight
- démagogues
démagogues
43,431 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « délictueux » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | délictueux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \de.lik.tɥø\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #56,568 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « délictueux » en français
Rare enough to double-check
délictueux is uncommon French at frequency #56,568 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \de.lik.tɥø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui a le caractère d’un délit.".
No misspelling variants are generated for délictueux in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is délictueux, spelled D-É-L-I-C-T-U-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Qui a le caractère d’un délit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how délictueux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une opération rassemblant 450 policiers a visé, mardi, le square de Forceval, près de la porte de la Villette (19ᵉ), pour contrôler ce « site de consommation de crack à ciel ouvert », où ont lieu « trafics » et « actes délictueux », selon les mots du nouveau préfet de police Laurent Nuñez.
This word in other languages
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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