écumeux
\e.ky.mø\
The verdict
“écumeux” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est chargé d’écume.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ecumeux · écumeux · French
écumeux · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "É" 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 | écumeux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \e.ky.mø\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « écumeux » en français
Rare enough to double-check
écumeux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \e.ky.mø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui est chargé d’écume.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for écumeux, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is écumeux, spelled É-C-U-M-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Qui est chargé d’écume.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how écumeux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je ressusciterai les cités submergées, Et celles dont le sable a couvert les monceaux ; Dans leur lit écumeux j’enfermerai les eaux ; Et les petits enfants des nations vengées, Ne sachant plus ton nom, riront dans leurs berceaux !
Le buffle passa le long du fourré, grondant, naseaux écumeux et martelant le sol de ses sabots.
Synonyms
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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.