follicule
\fɔ.li.kyl\
The verdict
“follicule” is uncommon French (frequency #68,293 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,293
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fruit sec déhiscent, formé par un carpelle isolé, se présentant comme une capsule contenant les graines de certaines plantes. Il a une seule fente de déhiscence.
Corpus desk
Index FR-follicule · follicule · French
follicule · rank #68,293 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,293
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH fourth
Nearest frequency peer: fourth (+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 « follicule »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- flexions
flexions
31,711 corpus weight
- Fnaim
Fnaim
31,710 corpus weight
- follicule
follicule
31,708 corpus weight
- fourth
fourth
31,707 corpus weight
- fragrances
fragrances
31,706 corpus weight
- franciscaine
franciscaine
31,705 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « follicule » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | follicule |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fɔ.li.kyl\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #68,293 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « follicule » en français
Rare enough to double-check
follicule is uncommon French at frequency #68,293 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fɔ.li.kyl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
follicule doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is follicule, spelled F-O-L-L-I-C-U-L-E.
Definition
- 1Fruit sec déhiscent, formé par un carpelle isolé, se présentant comme une capsule contenant les graines de certaines plantes. Il a une seule fente de déhiscence.
- 2Glande en forme de petit sac interne dans l’épaisseur d’un tégument.
- 3Cocon de ver à soie.
- 4Petit feuillet d’impression.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how follicule appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les lésions de la fièvre typhoïde intéressent l'appareil lymphatique, depuis le tissu lymphoïde intestinal (follicules clos et plaques de Peyer) jusqu'aux ganglions mésentériques et à la rate.
Beaucoup de gens pensent que les cicatrices ne représentent qu’un problème esthétique, mais "le tissu cicatriciel n'a pas de follicules pileux ni de glandes sudoripares, il est inflexible et plus faible que la peau."
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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