Furlan

name

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The verdict

“Furlan” is uncommon French (frequency #77,543 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,543
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-furlan · Furlan · French

Furlan · rank #77,543 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,543
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fulgurances

Nearest frequency peer: fulgurances (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Furlan »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Furlan » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Furlan
PropertyValue
HeadwordFurlan
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters6
Frequency rank#77,543
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Furlan » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Furlantombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « fulgurances » (#77,542), « fêlures » (#77,544), « fudge » (#77,541). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « Furlan » est au #77,543. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Furlan is uncommon French at frequency #77,543 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".

No misspelling variants are generated for Furlan in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Furlan, spelled F-U-R-L-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Furlan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Dans les heures qui ont suivi, Jean-Marc Furlan (à g.) de l’AJ Auxerre, a, lui aussi, été écarté.

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Furlan"?
"Furlan" is spelled F-U-R-L-A-N.
What does "Furlan" mean?
As a proper noun, "Furlan" means: Nom de famille.
What language does "Furlan" come from?
"Furlan" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Furlan", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fresco#77,537gmelin#77,561Farhad#77,518Gustin#77,576

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list