item lexical
\i.tɛm lɛk.si.kal\
The verdict
“item lexical” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Unité de sens et de son figée dans une langue, comme un mot, un groupe de mots, ou un proverbe, y compris toutes les formes flexionnelles. Par exemple, jeune, jeune homme et les voyages forment la ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | item lexical |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \i.tɛm lɛk.si.kal\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “item lexical” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for item lexical is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \i.tɛm lɛk.si.kal\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Unité de sens et de son figée dans une langue, comme un mot, un groupe de mots, ou un proverbe, y compris toutes les formes flexionnelles. Par exemple, jeune, jeune homme et les voyages forment la ...".
item lexical doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is item lexical, spelled I-T-E-M- -L-E-X-I-C-A-L.
Definition
- 1Unité de sens et de son figée dans une langue, comme un mot, un groupe de mots, ou un proverbe, y compris toutes les formes flexionnelles. Par exemple, jeune, jeune homme et les voyages forment la jeunesse sont des unités lexicales.
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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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Using “item lexical”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is I-T-E-M- -L-E-X-I-C-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \i.tɛm lɛk.si.kal\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.