querelleux
\kə.ʁɛ.lø\
The verdict
“querelleux” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui cherche querelle, plein de querelle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-querelleux · querelleux · French
querelleux · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Q" 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 | querelleux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kə.ʁɛ.lø\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
querelleux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kə.ʁɛ.lø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui cherche querelle, plein de querelle.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for querelleux, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is querelleux, spelled Q-U-E-R-E-L-L-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Qui cherche querelle, plein de querelle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how querelleux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il vaut bien mieux avoir un faible ennemi à combattre qu'un ami querelleux à conserver.
Tu ne sais pas quel mauvais diable je fais, chenapan, fainéant, pochard, paillard, bavard, étourdi, entêté, goinfre, malicieux, querelleux, songe-creux, colérique, lunatique, diseur de billevesées.
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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.