légume sec

Name: légume sec, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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\le.ɡym sɛk\

/\le.ɡym sɛk\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“légume sec” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French: 10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Graines issues des gousses des plantes de la famille des Fabacées, également nommées légumineuses, riches en glucides et en protéines récoltées une fois déshydratées pour la consommation humaine. E...

Key facts for légume sec
Property	Value
Headword	légume sec
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\le.ɡym sɛk\
Letters	10
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “légume sec” sits in French frequency

légume sec falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

légume sec is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \le.ɡym sɛk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Graines issues des gousses des plantes de la famille des Fabacées, également nommées légumineuses, riches en glucides et en protéines récoltées une fois déshydratées pour la consommation humaine. E...".

No generated misspelling entries exist for légume sec in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is légume sec, spelled L-É-G-U-M-E- -S-E-C.

Definition

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Graines issues des gousses des plantes de la famille des Fabacées, également nommées légumineuses, riches en glucides et en protéines récoltées une fois déshydratées pour la consommation humaine. En font partie : les haricots secs, les fèves sèches, les lentilles et les pois, dont les pois chiches.

This word in other languages

legume(English)legumbre(Español)Hülsenfrucht(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "légume sec"?

"légume sec" is spelled L-É-G-U-M-E- -S-E-C. The IPA pronunciation is \le.ɡym sɛk\.

What does "légume sec" mean?

As a noun, "légume sec" means: Graines issues des gousses des plantes de la famille des Fabacées, également nommées légumineuses, riches en glucides et en protéines récoltées une fois déshydratées pour la consommation humaine. E...

How do you pronounce "légume sec"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "légume sec" is \le.ɡym sɛk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "légume sec" come from?

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Using “légume sec”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct French spelling is L-É-G-U-M-E- -S-E-C - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as \le.ɡym sɛk\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.