linguistics
\liŋ.ɣɥis.ˈtit͡s\
The verdict
“linguistics” is uncommon French (frequency #98,193 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,193
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de linguistic.
Corpus desk
Index FR-linguistics · linguistics · French
linguistics · rank #98,193 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,193
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH Lineker
Nearest frequency peer: Lineker (-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 « linguistics »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Lineker
Lineker
1,809 corpus weight
- linguistics
linguistics
1,808 corpus weight
- linière
linière
1,807 corpus weight
- liseur
liseur
1,806 corpus weight
- lissant
lissant
1,805 corpus weight
- logea
logea
1,804 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « linguistics » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | linguistics |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \liŋ.ɣɥis.ˈtit͡s\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #98,193 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « linguistics » en français
Rare enough to double-check
linguistics is uncommon French at frequency #98,193 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \liŋ.ɣɥis.ˈtit͡s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Masculin pluriel de linguistic.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for linguistics, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 linguistics, spelled L-I-N-G-U-I-S-T-I-C-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de linguistic.
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).