Lacombe
/ləˈkoʊm/
"lacombe" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Lacombe” is uncommon English (frequency #79,688 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,688
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from French.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lacombe · Lacombe · English
Lacombe · rank #79,688 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,688
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH lactase
Nearest frequency peer: lactase (+1 rank slots)
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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.
Long-tail ranks near “Lacombe”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Kubica
Kubica
20,318 corpus weight
- Kumamoto
Kumamoto
20,317 corpus weight
- Kumiko
Kumiko
20,315 corpus weight
- Lacombe
Lacombe
20,313 corpus weight
- lactase
lactase
20,312 corpus weight
- lacustrine
lacustrine
20,311 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Lacombe” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lacombe |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ləˈkoʊm/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #79,688 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Lacombe” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Lacombe is uncommon English at frequency #79,688 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ləˈkoʊm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Lacombe in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French Lacombe. The city in Alberta is named after Albert Lacombe, a French Roman Catholic missionary to the Cree and Blackfoot First Nations. The correct English form is Lacombe, spelled L-A-C-O-M-B-E.
Definition
- 1A surname from French.
- 2A city in central Alberta, Canada.
Etymology
From French Lacombe. The city in Alberta is named after Albert Lacombe, a French Roman Catholic missionary to the Cree and Blackfoot First Nations.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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