schisteux
\ʃis.tø\
The verdict
“schisteux” is uncommon French (frequency #91,159 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,159
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est de la nature du schiste.
Corpus desk
Index FR-schisteux · schisteux · French
schisteux · rank #91,159 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,159
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH schmilblick
Nearest frequency peer: schmilblick (+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 « schisteux »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- scellent
scellent
8,847 corpus weight
- Schenk
Schenk
8,844 corpus weight
- schisteux
schisteux
8,842 corpus weight
- schmilblick
schmilblick
8,841 corpus weight
- semana
semana
8,838 corpus weight
- semeurs
semeurs
8,837 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « schisteux » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schisteux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʃis.tø\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #91,159 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « schisteux » en français
Rare enough to double-check
schisteux is uncommon French at frequency #91,159 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʃis.tø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui est de la nature du schiste.".
Zero misspellings are on record for schisteux in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is schisteux, spelled S-C-H-I-S-T-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Qui est de la nature du schiste.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schisteux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nulle part on ne trouve la moindre trace ni des poudingues ou du granit rose de Jersey, ni de ces roches schisteuses, trappéennes ou quarzeuses, si communes à Saint-Malo.
Le sol schisteux et argileux de la partie septentrionale des Ardennes au-delà de Charleville est entièrement privé de calcaire.
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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