liquoreux

\li.kɔ.ʁø\

/\li.kɔ.ʁø\/ adj

The verdict

“liquoreux” is uncommon French (frequency #65,279 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,279
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est doux, sucré et épais ; qui a la consistance de la liqueur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-liquoreux · liquoreux · French

liquoreux · rank #65,279 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,279
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH linear

Nearest frequency peer: linear (-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 « liquoreux »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « liquoreux » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for liquoreux
PropertyValue
Headwordliquoreux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\li.kɔ.ʁø\
Letters9
Frequency rank#65,279
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « liquoreux » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).liquoreuxtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « linear » (#65,278), « Lisbon » (#65,280), « limitative » (#65,277). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « liquoreux » est au #65,279. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

liquoreux is uncommon French at frequency #65,279 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \li.kɔ.ʁø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for liquoreux in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented 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 liquoreux, spelled L-I-Q-U-O-R-E-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est doux, sucré et épais ; qui a la consistance de la liqueur.
  2. 2
    Définition manquante ou à compléter. (Ajouter)

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how liquoreux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. M. de Bouvy fut remplacé bientôt par M. Daniel, être malpropre, ignare et liquoreux, qui fleurait la taverne et le bordel.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "liquoreux"?
"liquoreux" is spelled L-I-Q-U-O-R-E-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \li.kɔ.ʁø\.
What does "liquoreux" mean?
As an adjective, "liquoreux" means: Qui est doux, sucré et épais ; qui a la consistance de la liqueur.
How do you pronounce "liquoreux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "liquoreux" is \li.kɔ.ʁø\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "liquoreux" come from?
"liquoreux" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "liquoreux", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list