queue-de-scorpion
\kø.də.skɔʁ.pjɔ̃\
The verdict
“queue-de-scorpion” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom vulgaire d’une fabacée papilionacée annuelle du Midi, la scorpioïde, Coronilla scorpioides.
Corpus desk
Index FR-queue-de-scorpion · queue-de-scorpion · French
queue-de-scorpion · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 | queue-de-scorpion |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kø.də.skɔʁ.pjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « queue-de-scorpion » en français
Rare enough to double-check
queue-de-scorpion is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kø.də.skɔʁ.pjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for queue-de-scorpion in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is queue-de-scorpion, spelled Q-U-E-U-E---D-E---S-C-O-R-P-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Nom vulgaire d’une fabacée papilionacée annuelle du Midi, la scorpioïde, Coronilla scorpioides.
- 2Nom vulgaire d’une fabacée (légumineuse), Scorpiurus muricatus, aussi appelée scorpiure, petite chenillette, chenille rayée, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how queue-de-scorpion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Chenillette (Scorpiurus), Queue de scorpion, Vermiculaire, Chenille muriquée, Scorpionne. Petites plantes annuelles, herbacées, voisines des Luzernes (Medicago), que l’on sème sur place terreautée, et que l’on cultive pour la bizarrerie de leurs fruits, qui sont hérissés, écailleux, sillonnés, et imitent parfaitement une chenille, quelquefois un limaçon o…
Synonyms
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.