larvé
\laʁ.ve\
The verdict
“larvé” is uncommon French (frequency #97,097 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,097
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui se développe d’une façon plus ou moins obscure, ou incomplète, embryonnaire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-larve · larvé · French
larvé · rank #97,097 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,097
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH larger
Nearest frequency peer: larger (-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 « larvé »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- lagunaire
lagunaire
2,909 corpus weight
- lancier
lancier
2,907 corpus weight
- larger
larger
2,905 corpus weight
- larvé
larvé
2,904 corpus weight
- lavaient
lavaient
2,903 corpus weight
- lays
lays
2,902 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « larvé » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | larvé |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \laʁ.ve\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #97,097 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « larvé » en français
Rare enough to double-check
larvé is uncommon French at frequency #97,097 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \laʁ.ve\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
larvé has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is larvé, spelled L-A-R-V-É.
Definition
- 1Qui se développe d’une façon plus ou moins obscure, ou incomplète, embryonnaire.
- 2Non ouvertement déclaré, latent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how larvé appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle […] faisait de la neurasthénie larvée ainsi que toute femme qui se fane et sent se flétrir sa beauté.
La goutte abarticulaire est celle qui s'installe ailleurs que sur les articulations. La goutte abarticulaire peut être aiguë, paroxystique, ou bien larvée.
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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