languis
\lɑ̃.ɡi\
The verdict
“languis” is uncommon French (frequency #70,790 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,790
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de languir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-languis · languis · French
languis · rank #70,790 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,790
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH langagières
Nearest frequency peer: langagières (-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 « languis »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Lain
Lain
29,214 corpus weight
- Lanctôt
Lanctôt
29,213 corpus weight
- langagières
langagières
29,212 corpus weight
- languis
languis
29,211 corpus weight
- lapse
lapse
29,209 corpus weight
- larguées
larguées
29,208 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « languis » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | languis |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \lɑ̃.ɡi\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #70,790 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « languis » en français
Rare enough to double-check
languis is uncommon French at frequency #70,790 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \lɑ̃.ɡi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for languis, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is languis, spelled L-A-N-G-U-I-S.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de languir.
- 2Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de languir.
- 3Première personne du singulier du passé simple de languir.
- 4Deuxième personne du singulier du passé simple de languir.
- 5Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de languir.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "languis"?
What does "languis" mean?
How do you pronounce "languis"?
What language does "languis" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "languis", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).