révérencieux
\ʁe.ve.ʁɑ̃.sjø\
The verdict
“révérencieux” 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 affecte de faire quantité de révérences.
Corpus desk
Index FR-reverencieux · révérencieux · French
révérencieux · 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 "R" 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 | révérencieux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʁe.ve.ʁɑ̃.sjø\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
révérencieux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʁe.ve.ʁɑ̃.sjø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for révérencieux in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is révérencieux, spelled R-É-V-É-R-E-N-C-I-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Qui affecte de faire quantité de révérences.
- 2Qui est humble et cérémonieux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how révérencieux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il était impossible de ne pas remarquer la tonalité révérencieuse que prit la fin de la péroraison, ce qui éveilla un écho réceptif dans le cœur de chacun.
Voilà un homme bien révérencieux.
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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.