šliŋgui

//ˈʃliŋɡuj// noun

The verdict

“šliŋgui” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun — the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
7
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Illatif singulier de šliŋgu.

Key facts for šliŋgui
PropertyValue
Headwordšliŋgui
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈʃliŋɡuj/
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “šliŋgui” sits in French frequency

šliŋgui falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words — the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for šliŋgui is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈʃliŋɡuj/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Illatif singulier de šliŋgu.".

No misspelling variants are generated for šliŋgui in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is šliŋgui, spelled Š-L-I-Ŋ-G-U-I, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Illatif singulier de šliŋgu.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "šliŋgui"?
"šliŋgui" is spelled Š-L-I-Ŋ-G-U-I. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈʃliŋɡuj/.
What does "šliŋgui" mean?
As a noun, "šliŋgui" means: Illatif singulier de šliŋgu.
How do you pronounce "šliŋgui"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "šliŋgui" is /ˈʃliŋɡuj/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "šliŋgui" come from?
"šliŋgui" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “šliŋgui”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is Š-L-I-Ŋ-G-U-I — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /ˈʃliŋɡuj/ (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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list