translucides

\tʁɑ̃s.ly.sid\

/\tʁɑ̃s.ly.sid\/ adj

The verdict

“translucides” is uncommon French (frequency #53,035 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,035
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de translucide.

Corpus desk

Index FR-translucides · translucides · French

translucides · rank #53,035 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,035
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tranchent

Nearest frequency peer: tranchent (-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 « translucides »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « translucides » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for translucides
PropertyValue
Headwordtranslucides
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\tʁɑ̃s.ly.sid\
Letters12
Frequency rank#53,035
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « translucides » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).translucidestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « tranchent » (#53,034), « Transvaal » (#53,036), « trailers » (#53,033). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « translucides » est au #53,035. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

translucides is uncommon French at frequency #53,035 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \tʁɑ̃s.ly.sid\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de translucide.".

translucides doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is translucides, spelled T-R-A-N-S-L-U-C-I-D-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de translucide.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how translucides appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. 'Méprisant le débarcadère cimenté, incongru dans ce désert, Monique s’en alla accoster dans une anse ombreuse, fief d’innombrables zagayas, qui tombèrent en arrêt, agitèrent leurs gros yeux noirs au-dessus de leurs corps translucides, puis s’élancèrent chacun vers son terrier. — (Jypé Carraud, Tim-Tim-Bois-Sec, éditions Payot et Rivages, 1996, collection…

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "translucides"?
"translucides" is spelled T-R-A-N-S-L-U-C-I-D-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁɑ̃s.ly.sid\.
What does "translucides" mean?
As an adjective, "translucides" means: Pluriel de translucide.
How do you pronounce "translucides"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "translucides" is \tʁɑ̃s.ly.sid\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "translucides" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "translucides", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list