foldingue
\fɔl.dɛ̃ɡ\
The verdict
“foldingue” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Fou, déjanté.
Corpus desk
Index FR-foldingue · foldingue · French
foldingue · 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 "F" 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 | foldingue |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fɔl.dɛ̃ɡ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “foldingue” se place dans la fréquence du français
Rare enough to double-check
foldingue is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fɔl.dɛ̃ɡ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fou, déjanté.".
foldingue doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is foldingue, spelled F-O-L-D-I-N-G-U-E.
Definition
- 1Fou, déjanté.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how foldingue appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Située dans le contexte d'une banlieue très « sixties », cette série est un chef-d’œuvre d’humour, Frank Margerin réussissant à mettre en place un univers délicieusement foldingue mais pourtant criant de vérité.
« TV Pinel ! » Pour les habitants de Rio, ce titre est à lui seul une provocation ! Comme si, en France, une chaîne s’appelait « Télé foldingue » ou « télé cinglée ».
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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.
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