limbique
\lɛ̃.bik\
The verdict
“limbique” is uncommon French (frequency #76,757 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,757
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif aux limbes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-limbique · limbique · French
limbique · rank #76,757 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,757
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH lighting
Nearest frequency peer: lighting (-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 « limbique »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- liera
liera
23,246 corpus weight
- lighting
lighting
23,245 corpus weight
- limbique
limbique
23,244 corpus weight
- Linas
Linas
23,243 corpus weight
- lof
lof
23,242 corpus weight
- lorain
lorain
23,241 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « limbique » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | limbique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \lɛ̃.bik\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #76,757 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « limbique » en français
Rare enough to double-check
limbique is uncommon French at frequency #76,757 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \lɛ̃.bik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for limbique in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 limbique, spelled L-I-M-B-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Relatif aux limbes.
- 2Désigne les bords d’une structure anatomique.
- 3Relatif au système limbique, siège des émotions et de la formation de la mémoire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how limbique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un peu de clarté caresse ces tibias et ces fémurs, clarté rêveuse et limbique, jour non destiné aux yeux de l’homme, mais propre aux œuvres obscures de la matière livrée à sa mécanique seule, et séparée des forces vitales…
Quant à moi, littéralement parlant, je ne sais où j’en suis. Je me sens quelquefois anéanti (le mot est faible) ; d’autres fois le style « limbique » (à l’état de limbe et de fluide impondérable) passe et circule en moi avec des chaleurs enivrantes.
Synonyms
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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