parcimonieux
\paʁ.si.mɔ.njø\
The verdict
“parcimonieux” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a de la parcimonie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-parcimonieux · parcimonieux · French
parcimonieux · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | parcimonieux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \paʁ.si.mɔ.njø\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « parcimonieux » en français
Rare enough to double-check
parcimonieux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \paʁ.si.mɔ.njø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for parcimonieux, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is parcimonieux, spelled P-A-R-C-I-M-O-N-I-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Qui a de la parcimonie.
- 2Se dit d'un modèle faisant intervenir un faible nombre de paramètres.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how parcimonieux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dame ! on est parcimonieux chez soi quand on est prodigue au dehors !
Mais le nouveau tarif épouvanta notre village parcimonieux, et, dès le lendemain, la troupe nous quittait pour planter ses tentes à X…, petite ville voisine, aristocratique et coquette, tapie au pied de son château, prosternée devant ses châtelains titrés.
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.