spongieux
\spɔ̃.ʒjø\
The verdict
“spongieux” is uncommon French (frequency #74,400 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,400
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est poreux ; qui est de la nature de l’éponge ; qui est semblable à l’éponge.
Corpus desk
Index FR-spongieux · spongieux · French
spongieux · rank #74,400 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,400
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH stabilisant
Nearest frequency peer: stabilisant (+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 « spongieux »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- sournoises
sournoises
25,604 corpus weight
- soûlé
soûlé
25,603 corpus weight
- spongieux
spongieux
25,601 corpus weight
- stabilisant
stabilisant
25,600 corpus weight
- stances
stances
25,599 corpus weight
- Sten
Sten
25,598 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « spongieux » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | spongieux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \spɔ̃.ʒjø\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #74,400 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « spongieux » en français
Rare enough to double-check
spongieux is uncommon French at frequency #74,400 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \spɔ̃.ʒjø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
spongieux has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is spongieux, spelled S-P-O-N-G-I-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Qui est poreux ; qui est de la nature de l’éponge ; qui est semblable à l’éponge.
- 2Plein d’humidité.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how spongieux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le sol spongieux tremblait autour de nous, et à chaque instant nous étions près d’être engloutis dans des fondrières.
Nous campons sur sa rive droite, dans un terrain spongieux, où chaque pas laisse une empreinte profonde qui se remplit d’eau, où les piquets des tentes ne tiennent pas […]
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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