lèche-cul
\lɛʃ.ky\
The verdict
“lèche-cul” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne servile envers ses supérieurs ou ceux qui ont un pouvoir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-leche-cul · lèche-cul · French
lèche-cul · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | lèche-cul |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lɛʃ.ky\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
lèche-cul is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \lɛʃ.ky\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne servile envers ses supérieurs ou ceux qui ont un pouvoir.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for lèche-cul, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is lèche-cul, spelled L-È-C-H-E---C-U-L.
Definition
- 1Personne servile envers ses supérieurs ou ceux qui ont un pouvoir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lèche-cul appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— S’il est vidé, l’Berbillat, disait Faouen, s’ra bien fait. Il était trop fayot, aussi, trop lèche-cul… Sans ça, d’ailleurs, l’aurait pas eu ses sardines…
Lui, je le connais c’est un gauchiste patenté appartenant à la CANO-P ([…]) mais ce n’est pas ça le problème, c’est un lèche-cul, toujours prêt à orienter sa veste dans le bon sens pour le pouvoir et pour l’argent.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.