langue d'oïl

/[lɑ̃ːɡ.dɔ.il]/ noun

The verdict

“langue d'oïl” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun — the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
12
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: die Gesamtheit aller Dialekte, die früher in Frankreich nördlich der Loire gesprochen wurden

Key facts for langue d'oïl
PropertyValue
Headwordlangue d'oïl
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[lɑ̃ːɡ.dɔ.il]
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “langue d'oïl” sits in German frequency

langue d'oïl falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German 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 German entry for langue d'oïl is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [lɑ̃ːɡ.dɔ.il]. 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: "die Gesamtheit aller Dialekte, die früher in Frankreich nördlich der Loire gesprochen wurden".

No misspelling variants are generated for langue d'oïl in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German 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 German form is langue d'oïl, spelled L-A-N-G-U-E- -D-'-O-Ï-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Gesamtheit aller Dialekte, die früher in Frankreich nördlich der Loire gesprochen wurden

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "langue d'oïl"?
"langue d'oïl" is spelled L-A-N-G-U-E- -D-'-O-Ï-L. The IPA pronunciation is [lɑ̃ːɡ.dɔ.il].
What does "langue d'oïl" mean?
As a noun, "langue d'oïl" means: die Gesamtheit aller Dialekte, die früher in Frankreich nördlich der Loire gesprochen wurden
How do you pronounce "langue d'oïl"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "langue d'oïl" is [lɑ̃ːɡ.dɔ.il]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "langue d'oïl" come from?
"langue d'oïl" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “langue d'oïl”

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

  • The one correct German spelling is L-A-N-G-U-E- -D-'-O-Ï-L — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [lɑ̃ːɡ.dɔ.il] (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.