simplex
\sɛ̃.plɛks\
The verdict
“simplex” is uncommon French (frequency #69,433 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,433
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Liaison qui transmet l’information dans un seul sens
Corpus desk
Index FR-simplex · simplex · French
simplex · rank #69,433 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,433
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH signèrent
Nearest frequency peer: signèrent (-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 « simplex »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Shanna
Shanna
30,573 corpus weight
- Sieg
Sieg
30,571 corpus weight
- signerait
signerait
30,570 corpus weight
- signèrent
signèrent
30,569 corpus weight
- simplex
simplex
30,568 corpus weight
- skunk
skunk
30,565 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « simplex » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | simplex |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɛ̃.plɛks\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #69,433 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « simplex » en français
Rare enough to double-check
simplex is uncommon French at frequency #69,433 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɛ̃.plɛks\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Liaison qui transmet l’information dans un seul sens".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for simplex, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is simplex, spelled S-I-M-P-L-E-X.
Definition
- 1Liaison qui transmet l’information dans un seul sens
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how simplex appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les téléscripteurs qui donnaient jadis les résultats des courses dans les bureaux de tabac assurant le service du pari mutuel urbain étaient alimentées par des liaisons simplex.
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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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