Lorraine
/ləˈɹeɪn/
"lorraine" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Lorraine” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #15,857 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #15,857
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A cultural region, former administrative region, and former duchy in eastern France; since 2016 part of the region of Grand Est region.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lorraine |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ləˈɹeɪn/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #15,857 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lorraine” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Lorraine is 8 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ləˈɹeɪn/. Corpus data places it at rank #15,857 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Lorraine, with forms such as "llorraine", "loraine", and "lorarine". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French Lorraine, from Old French Loherraine, from Latin Lotharingia, Lothringia (ultimately named for Lothair II, who ruled it); compare Lotharingia, German Lothringen. The correct English form is Lorraine, spelled L-O-R-R-A-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1A cultural region, former administrative region, and former duchy in eastern France; since 2016 part of the region of Grand Est region.
- 2A female given name transferred from the place name, associated with Laura by folk etymology.
- 3A surname.
Etymology
Borrowed from French Lorraine, from Old French Loherraine, from Latin Lotharingia, Lothringia (ultimately named for Lothair II, who ruled it); compare Lotharingia, German Lothringen.
Synonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: llorraine,loraine,lorarine,lorraien,lorrainne,lorranie,lorriane,lroraine,olrraine
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Lorraine - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “Lorraine”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is L-O-R-R-A-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ləˈɹeɪn/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.