illiquide

\il.li.kid\

/\il.li.kid\/ adj

The verdict

“illiquide” 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) - Qui ne permet pas une conversion facile en argent liquide.

Corpus desk

Index FR-illiquide · illiquide · French

illiquide · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "I" 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.

Key facts for illiquide
PropertyValue
Headwordilliquide
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\il.li.kid\
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « illiquide » en français

illiquidereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

illiquide is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \il.li.kid\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui ne permet pas une conversion facile en argent liquide.".

illiquide has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is illiquide, spelled I-L-L-I-Q-U-I-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui ne permet pas une conversion facile en argent liquide.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how illiquide appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il faut également souligner que le bitcoin n’étant pas émis par un quelconque émetteur mais en quelque sorte auto-émis par le réseau, le détenteur de bitcoin, contrairement à la monnaie légale, ne dispose d’aucune garantie de liquidité. Si la demande en bitcoins venait à se tarir « les investisseurs se retrouveraient détenteurs de portefeuilles devenus il…
  2. Au quatrième trimestre 2008, Crédit agricole SA a accusé une perte de 309 millions d’euros, qui aurait été plus profonde si le groupe n’avait pas, comme ses concurrents, reclassé certains de ses actifs dits illiquides.

Antonyms

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "illiquide"?
"illiquide" is spelled I-L-L-I-Q-U-I-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \il.li.kid\.
What does "illiquide" mean?
As an adjective, "illiquide" means: Qui ne permet pas une conversion facile en argent liquide.
How do you pronounce "illiquide"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "illiquide" is \il.li.kid\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "illiquide" come from?
"illiquide" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list