séditieux

\se.di.sjø\

/\se.di.sjø\/ adj

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The verdict

“séditieux” is uncommon French (frequency #63,394 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,394
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se dit de ceux qui font une sédition, qui prennent part à une sédition.

Corpus desk

Index FR-seditieux · séditieux · French

séditieux · rank #63,394 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,394
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH Swinton

Nearest frequency peer: Swinton (-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 « séditieux »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « séditieux » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for séditieux
PropertyValue
Headwordséditieux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\se.di.sjø\
Letters9
Frequency rank#63,394
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « séditieux » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).séditieuxtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Swinton » (#63,393), « SVG » (#63,392), « suçant » (#63,391). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « séditieux » est au #63,394. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

séditieux is uncommon French at frequency #63,394 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \se.di.sjø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for séditieux, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is séditieux, spelled S-É-D-I-T-I-E-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Se dit de ceux qui font une sédition, qui prennent part à une sédition.
  2. 2
    Qui est enclin à faire sédition.
  3. 3
    Qui tend, qui provoque à la sédition.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how séditieux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Une populace séditieuse.
  2. Un attroupement séditieux.

This word in other languages

seditious(English)sedicioso(Español)aufrührerisch(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "séditieux"?
"séditieux" is spelled S-É-D-I-T-I-E-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \se.di.sjø\.
What does "séditieux" mean?
As an adjective, "séditieux" means: Se dit de ceux qui font une sédition, qui prennent part à une sédition.
How do you pronounce "séditieux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "séditieux" is \se.di.sjø\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "séditieux", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tabassent#63,397suscitera#63,390suppliait#63,388Thucydide#63,409

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list