globuleux
\ɡlɔ.by.lø\
The verdict
“globuleux” is uncommon French (frequency #57,979 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,979
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est composé de globules.
Corpus desk
Index FR-globuleux · globuleux · French
globuleux · rank #57,979 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,979
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH Givors
Nearest frequency peer: Givors (-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 « globuleux »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Genji
Genji
42,024 corpus weight
- Givors
Givors
42,023 corpus weight
- globuleux
globuleux
42,022 corpus weight
- gneiss
gneiss
42,021 corpus weight
- goat
goat
42,020 corpus weight
- gogos
gogos
42,019 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « globuleux » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | globuleux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɡlɔ.by.lø\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #57,979 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « globuleux » en français
Rare enough to double-check
globuleux is uncommon French at frequency #57,979 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɡlɔ.by.lø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for globuleux in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 globuleux, spelled G-L-O-B-U-L-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Qui est composé de globules.
- 2Qui a la forme d’un globule, sphérique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how globuleux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Matière globuleuse.
Quand on parvient à évulser adroitement, quand on désenchatonne le globe oculaire de dessous la cornée transparente qui l’abrite, on constate que la rétine qui en fait la masse a une forme ovoïde, de globuleuse qu’elle devait être avant l’énucléation.
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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