sesquilingue
\sɛs.kɥi.lɛ̃ɡ\
The verdict
“sesquilingue” 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 parle à peine une seconde langue.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sesquilingue · sesquilingue · French
sesquilingue · 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 "S" 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 | sesquilingue |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \sɛs.kɥi.lɛ̃ɡ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
sesquilingue is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \sɛs.kɥi.lɛ̃ɡ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for sesquilingue in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is sesquilingue, spelled S-E-S-Q-U-I-L-I-N-G-U-E.
Definition
- 1Qui parle à peine une seconde langue.
- 2Se dit d’une personne qui baragouine une langue seconde.
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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.