léthargique
\le.taʁ.ʒik\
The verdict
“léthargique” is uncommon French (frequency #69,995 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,995
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui tient de la léthargie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lethargique · léthargique · French
léthargique · rank #69,995 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,995
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH lèveront
Nearest frequency peer: lèveront (-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 « léthargique »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- lynchages
lynchages
30,009 corpus weight
- lèveront
lèveront
30,007 corpus weight
- léthargique
léthargique
30,006 corpus weight
- Maas
Maas
30,005 corpus weight
- machinery
machinery
30,004 corpus weight
- magyars
magyars
30,003 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « léthargique » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | léthargique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \le.taʁ.ʒik\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #69,995 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « léthargique » en français
Rare enough to double-check
léthargique is uncommon French at frequency #69,995 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \le.taʁ.ʒik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for léthargique, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is léthargique, spelled L-É-T-H-A-R-G-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Qui tient de la léthargie.
- 2Qui est extrêmement nonchalant, indolent, insensible.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how léthargique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
État, repos, sommeil léthargique.
Encéphalite léthargique.
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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