laineux
\lɛ.nø\
The verdict
“laineux” is uncommon French (frequency #58,055 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,055
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a beaucoup de laine, qui est fourni de laine. Se dit des moutons et des étoffes faites de laine.
Corpus desk
Index FR-laineux · laineux · French
laineux · rank #58,055 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,055
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH Laflamme
Nearest frequency peer: Laflamme (-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 « laineux »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- kush
kush
41,949 corpus weight
- Laflamme
Laflamme
41,947 corpus weight
- laineux
laineux
41,946 corpus weight
- Lamontagne
Lamontagne
41,945 corpus weight
- landaise
landaise
41,944 corpus weight
- langouste
langouste
41,942 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « laineux » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | laineux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \lɛ.nø\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #58,055 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « laineux » en français
Rare enough to double-check
laineux is uncommon French at frequency #58,055 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \lɛ.nø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
laineux doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is laineux, spelled L-A-I-N-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Qui a beaucoup de laine, qui est fourni de laine. Se dit des moutons et des étoffes faites de laine.
- 2Qui a l'apparence de la toison des moutons.
- 3Qualifie des plantes ou parties de plantes qui sont poilues, ayant l’apparence de la laine ou d’un tissu drapé, telles que la molène, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how laineux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le premier type de produit laineux est la laine du mouton; il faut ensuite ajouter les laines d'alpaga, de vigogne, puis les poils de chameaux.
Sur sa tête aux lourds cheveux laineux, très noirs, Yasmina portait un simple mouchoir rouge, roulé en forme de turban évasé et plat.
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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