lexicologie
\lɛk.si.kɔ.lɔ.ʒi\
The verdict
“lexicologie” is uncommon French (frequency #98,185 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,185
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partie de la linguistique qui s’occupe des mots considérés par rapport à leur valeur, à leurs étymologies.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lexicologie · lexicologie · French
lexicologie · rank #98,185 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,185
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH lettrines
Nearest frequency peer: lettrines (-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.
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What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « lexicologie » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lexicologie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lɛk.si.kɔ.lɔ.ʒi\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #98,185 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « lexicologie » en français
Rare enough to double-check
lexicologie is uncommon French at frequency #98,185 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \lɛk.si.kɔ.lɔ.ʒi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partie de la linguistique qui s’occupe des mots considérés par rapport à leur valeur, à leurs étymologies.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for lexicologie in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is lexicologie, spelled L-E-X-I-C-O-L-O-G-I-E.
Definition
- 1Partie de la linguistique qui s’occupe des mots considérés par rapport à leur valeur, à leurs étymologies.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how lexicologie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le seul intérêt de la lexicologie, pour Rousseau, serait alors de critiquer les langues d’esclaves et de construire les langues des hommes libres.
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); 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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