délinquer
\de.lɛ̃.ke\
The verdict
“délinquer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commettre un délit.
Corpus desk
Index FR-delinquer · délinquer · French
délinquer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | délinquer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.lɛ̃.ke\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « délinquer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
délinquer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \de.lɛ̃.ke\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Commettre un délit.".
No misspelling variants are generated for délinquer in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is délinquer, spelled D-É-L-I-N-Q-U-E-R.
Definition
- 1Commettre un délit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how délinquer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour que l’acte de délinquer existe, il faut qu’il soit tel qu’il puisse, selon la nature des choses et la définition du délit donnée par la loi, produire physiquement le résultat dans lequel consiste le délit consommé.
Mais il se multiplia vainement, il ne pouvait se montrer partout, et les ennemis délinquaient partout à la fois.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.