licencieux
\li.sɑ̃.sjø\
The verdict
“licencieux” is uncommon French (frequency #91,885 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,885
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui fait preuve de licence, qui est déréglé, désordonné, contraire à la pudeur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-licencieux · licencieux · French
licencieux · rank #91,885 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,885
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH libériens
Nearest frequency peer: libériens (-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 « licencieux »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- leftovers
leftovers
8,120 corpus weight
- Lenglen
Lenglen
8,119 corpus weight
- libériens
libériens
8,117 corpus weight
- licencieux
licencieux
8,116 corpus weight
- lieus
lieus
8,115 corpus weight
- listeria
listeria
8,112 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « licencieux » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | licencieux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \li.sɑ̃.sjø\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #91,885 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « licencieux » en français
Rare enough to double-check
licencieux is uncommon French at frequency #91,885 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \li.sɑ̃.sjø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui fait preuve de licence, qui est déréglé, désordonné, contraire à la pudeur.".
No misspelling variants are generated for licencieux in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is licencieux, spelled L-I-C-E-N-C-I-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Qui fait preuve de licence, qui est déréglé, désordonné, contraire à la pudeur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how licencieux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Puis un sourire licencieux vint effleurer le sien et se mêler à lui.
C'est là qu'elle est venue, portant de fantasques guirlandes de renoncules, d'orties, de marguerites et de ces longues fleurs pourpres que les bergers licencieux nomment d'un nom plus grossier, mais que nos froides vierges appellent doigts d'hommes morts.
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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