spicilège
\spi.si.lɛʒ\
The verdict
“spicilège” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Recueil d’actes, de pièces, de traités, choix de morceaux, de pensées, d’observations.
Corpus desk
Index FR-spicilege · spicilège · French
spicilège · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | spicilège |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \spi.si.lɛʒ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « spicilège » en français
Rare enough to double-check
spicilège is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \spi.si.lɛʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for spicilège, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is spicilège, spelled S-P-I-C-I-L-È-G-E.
Definition
- 1Recueil d’actes, de pièces, de traités, choix de morceaux, de pensées, d’observations.
- 2Cahier personnel illustré de photos, etc. ; album de collimage.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how spicilège appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cet ouvrage en forme de spicilège propose cinquante noms pour cartographier la décroissance.
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.