silicieux
\si.li.sjø\
The verdict
“silicieux” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui comporte du silice.
Corpus desk
Index FR-silicieux · silicieux · French
silicieux · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | silicieux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \si.li.sjø\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
silicieux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \si.li.sjø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui comporte du silice.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for silicieux, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is silicieux, spelled S-I-L-I-C-I-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Qui comporte du silice.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how silicieux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les Invertébrés (Foraminifères, Oursins, Coraux, Brachiopodes, Mollusques divers) ont habituellement des coquilles calcaires qui sont souvent conservées en assez bon état pour pouvoir être déterminées ; il en est de même pour la plupart des organismes au squelette silicieux (Spongiaires, par exemple).
Les radiolaires, de petits organismes silicieux dont le squelette inspire des ouvres artistiques, ici dans une planche du livre « Kunstformen der Natur » de l’éminent biologiste et naturaliste allemand Ernst Haeckel.
Synonyms
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.