langue verte
\lɑ̃ɡ vɛʁt\
The verdict
“langue verte” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Langage libre et cru, voisin de l’argot.
Corpus desk
Index FR-langue-verte · langue verte · French
langue verte · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | langue verte |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lɑ̃ɡ vɛʁt\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « langue verte » en français
Rare enough to double-check
langue verte is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \lɑ̃ɡ vɛʁt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Langage libre et cru, voisin de l’argot.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for langue verte, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is langue verte, spelled L-A-N-G-U-E- -V-E-R-T-E.
Definition
- 1Langage libre et cru, voisin de l’argot.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how langue verte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On remarquera que les mots ou expressions désignant la vertu, l’honnêteté, la dignité, sont à peu près absents de la langue verte. Au contraire, le vol, le vice, la méchanceté ne manquent pas de vocables.
Dans les années 50, le cinéma va assurer le succès d’auteurs français recourant à la langue verte.
Synonyms
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.