luxuriant
\lyk.sy.ʁjɑ̃\
The verdict
“luxuriant” is uncommon French (frequency #78,601 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,601
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui surabonde, qui est très riche, comble la vue (ou, par extension, l'ouïe).
Corpus desk
Index FR-luxuriant · luxuriant · French
luxuriant · rank #78,601 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,601
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH lymphe
Nearest frequency peer: lymphe (+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 « luxuriant »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- lul
lul
21,404 corpus weight
- lur
lur
21,403 corpus weight
- luthéranisme
luthéranisme
21,402 corpus weight
- luxuriant
luxuriant
21,400 corpus weight
- lymphe
lymphe
21,399 corpus weight
- macina
macina
21,397 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « luxuriant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | luxuriant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \lyk.sy.ʁjɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #78,601 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « luxuriant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
luxuriant is uncommon French at frequency #78,601 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \lyk.sy.ʁjɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui surabonde, qui est très riche, comble la vue (ou, par extension, l'ouïe).".
No generated misspelling entries exist for luxuriant in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is luxuriant, spelled L-U-X-U-R-I-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui surabonde, qui est très riche, comble la vue (ou, par extension, l'ouïe).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how luxuriant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sa chevelure luxuriante, d’une nuance entre le brun et le blond, était partagée d’une manière gracieuse et élégante en nombreuses boucles où l’art avait assisté la nature.
La végétation presque luxuriante de la vallée s’expliquait par la présence de cette eau à une faible profondeur.
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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