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 May 6, 2026) - Qui parle à peine une seconde langue.
| 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) |
Where “sesquilingue” sits in French frequency
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.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “sesquilingue”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-E-S-Q-U-I-L-I-N-G-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sɛs.kɥi.lɛ̃ɡ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.