féculent
\fe.ky.lɑ̃\
The verdict
“féculent” is uncommon French (frequency #95,933 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,933
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui renferme de la fécule.
Corpus desk
Index FR-feculent · féculent · French
féculent · rank #95,933 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,933
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH Futaba
Nearest frequency peer: Futaba (-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 « féculent »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- frottées
frottées
4,072 corpus weight
- fuira
fuira
4,070 corpus weight
- Futaba
Futaba
4,069 corpus weight
- féculent
féculent
4,068 corpus weight
- félibrige
félibrige
4,067 corpus weight
- féminicides
féminicides
4,066 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « féculent » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | féculent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fe.ky.lɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #95,933 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « féculent » en français
Rare enough to double-check
féculent is uncommon French at frequency #95,933 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fe.ky.lɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui renferme de la fécule.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for féculent, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable 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 explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is féculent, spelled F-É-C-U-L-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui renferme de la fécule.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how féculent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un aliment féculent.
Une substance féculente.
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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