Langlois
"langlois" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Langlois” is uncommon English (frequency #69,192 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,192
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from French, equivalent to English English.
Corpus desk
Index EN-langlois · Langlois · English
Langlois · rank #69,192 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,192
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH Lancs
Nearest frequency peer: Lancs (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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 “Langlois”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Lafleur
Lafleur
30,812 corpus weight
- lampshade
lampshade
30,811 corpus weight
- Lancs
Lancs
30,810 corpus weight
- Langlois
Langlois
30,809 corpus weight
- lapdog
lapdog
30,808 corpus weight
- Lasky
Lasky
30,806 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Langlois” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Langlois |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #69,192 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Langlois” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Langlois is uncommon English at frequency #69,192 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Langlois has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French Langlois, from Middle French l'(le)+Anglois (literally “Englishman”). The correct English form is Langlois, spelled L-A-N-G-L-O-I-S.
Definition
- 1A surname from French, equivalent to English English.
- 2A census-designated place in Curry County, Oregon, United States.
Etymology
From French Langlois, from Middle French l'(le)+Anglois (literally “Englishman”).
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).