locuste
\lɔ.kyst\
The verdict
“locuste” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genre d’insectes orthoptères plus généralement appelés criquets.
Corpus desk
Index FR-locuste · locuste · French
locuste · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | locuste |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lɔ.kyst\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
locuste is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \lɔ.kyst\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for locuste in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable 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 is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is locuste, spelled L-O-C-U-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1Genre d’insectes orthoptères plus généralement appelés criquets.
- 2Crustacé nommé vulgairement chevrette, crevette ou salicoque.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how locuste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les locustes sont grégariaptes.
Il me parla de son enfance à Mazare-Charif et à Djalalabad, puis d’un épisode survenu juste après que son père et lui eurent rejoint le djihad pour combattre le Shorawi dans la vallée du Pandjshir. Isolés, sans nourriture, ils avaient survécu en ne mangeant que des locustes.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.