New, B., Pallier, C., Schalchli, G., Bourgin, J., & Gimenes, M. (2026). Lexique 4: A major upgrade of the \u201cLexique\u201d French lexical database<\/em>. Behavior Research Methods<\/em>. http:\/\/www.lexique.org\/databases\/Lexique400\/Lexique400.pdf<\/a> Read-only well formated version<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n New, B., Pallier, C., Brysbaert, M., Ferrand, L. (2004) Lexique 2: A New French Lexical Database.<\/a> Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers, 36 (3), 516-524. doi.org\/10.3758\/bf03195598 <\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n New B., Pallier C., Ferrand L., Matos R. (2001) A lexical database of contemporary French on the internet: LEXIQUE<\/a>, L\u2019Ann\u00e9e Psychologique, 101, 447-462. doi.org\/10.3758\/s13428-020-01396-2 <\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Gimenes, M., Perret, C., & New, B. (2020). Lexique-Infra: grapheme-phoneme, phoneme-grapheme regularity, consistency, and other sublexical statistics for 137,717 polysyllabic French words. <\/a>Behavior Research Methods<\/em>. doi.org\/10.3758\/s13428-020-01396-2 <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Lexique 3 Manual<\/a> (obsolete; for Lexique 4 see the paper below)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some searches can be performed online thanks to dynamic tables. If needed, explanations are available in the Online search manual<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For “pattern” searches, it is essential to know the regular expression syntax<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To perform some complex queries, or to keep a trace of your criteria when selecting experimental material, rather than using the online search interfaces, it is strongly recommended to use scripts, for example in R or Python on your computer. We have written a few documents to help you: \u201cHow to query Lexique with R?\u201d<\/a> and \u201cHow to query Lexique with Python?\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To install and automatically access OpenLexicon tables with R, notably Lexique, you can use the following code:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The functions defined in fetch_datasets.R<\/a> allow you to download the tables and keep local copies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can also download the tables and use a spreadsheet such as Excel or OpenOffice Calc. The file Lexique.zip<\/a> contains a version of the database in Excel format ( To perform searches in a data table with a spreadsheet like Excel or OpenOffice Calc, you can use, for example, the Vlookup<\/a> function. It is also possible, and more flexible, to use the Index<\/strong> and Match<\/strong> functions described in the following tutorials, which show how to look up items in a spreadsheet from a list<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" How to cite Lexique New, B., Pallier, C., Schalchli, G., Bourgin, J., & Gimenes, M. (2026). Lexique 4: A major upgrade of the \u201cLexique\u201d French lexical database. Behavior Research Methods. http:\/\/www.lexique.org\/databases\/Lexique400\/Lexique400.pdf Read-only well formated version New, B., Pallier, C., Brysbaert, M., Ferrand, L. (2004) Lexique 2: A New French Lexical Database. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-841","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lexique.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lexique.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lexique.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lexique.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lexique.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=841"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.lexique.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":913,"href":"http:\/\/www.lexique.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/841\/revisions\/913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lexique.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Lexique-Infra<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Lexique 3Manual<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Online searches<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Offline searches with R or Python<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
source('https:\/\/raw.githubusercontent.com\/chrplr\/openlexicon\/master\/datasets-info\/fetch_datasets.R')\nlexique <- get_lexique383_rds() # downloads the Lexique table<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nOffline searches with a spreadsheet (Excel, …)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
.xlsx<\/code>) and the Openlexicon databases<\/a> are available in .tsv<\/code> (tab separated values) or .csv<\/code> (comma separated values) formats. These can easily be imported into OpenOffice Calc (File\/Open\/format=csv) or into Excel (see How to open a .tsv file in Excel<\/a>) <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Construction of Lexique and related resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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