languit
\lɑ̃.ɡi\
The verdict
“languit” is uncommon French (frequency #72,480 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,480
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de languir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-languit · languit · French
languit · rank #72,480 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,480
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH lamu
Nearest frequency peer: lamu (-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 « languit »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- laitages
laitages
27,525 corpus weight
- laminaire
laminaire
27,523 corpus weight
- lamu
lamu
27,522 corpus weight
- languit
languit
27,521 corpus weight
- larvée
larvée
27,519 corpus weight
- lasses
lasses
27,518 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « languit » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | languit |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \lɑ̃.ɡi\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #72,480 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « languit » en français
Rare enough to double-check
languit is uncommon French at frequency #72,480 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \lɑ̃.ɡi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for languit in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is languit, spelled L-A-N-G-U-I-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de languir.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple 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.
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