lœss
\løs\
The verdict
“lœss” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dépôt sédimentaire détritique meuble, d’origine éolienne et périglaciaire, limon jaune clair ou chamois, au toucher farineux et pulvérulent, renfermant à l’origine jusqu’à 50 pour cent de calcaire ...
Corpus desk
Index FR-l-ss · lœss · French
lœss · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lœss |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \løs\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “lœss” se place dans la fréquence du français
Rare enough to double-check
lœss is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \løs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dépôt sédimentaire détritique meuble, d’origine éolienne et périglaciaire, limon jaune clair ou chamois, au toucher farineux et pulvérulent, renfermant à l’origine jusqu’à 50 pour cent de calcaire ...".
lœss doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is lœss, spelled L-Œ-S-S.
Definition
- 1Dépôt sédimentaire détritique meuble, d’origine éolienne et périglaciaire, limon jaune clair ou chamois, au toucher farineux et pulvérulent, renfermant à l’origine jusqu’à 50 pour cent de calcaire et riche en argile et en quartz.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lœss appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le lœss est très poreux et très perméable à l’eau ; ses particules font moins de 50 microns de diamètre.
Le lœss est un limon fertile.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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