Laban

name

The verdict

“Laban” is uncommon French (frequency #69,969 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,969
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Laban, père de Léa et de Rachel.

Corpus desk

Index FR-laban · Laban · French

Laban · rank #69,969 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,969
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH kutcher

Nearest frequency peer: kutcher (-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 « Laban »

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 « Laban » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Laban
PropertyValue
HeadwordLaban
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters5
Frequency rank#69,969
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Laban » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Labantombe 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: « kutcher » (#69,968), « lagons » (#69,970), « lamentation » (#69,971). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « Laban » est au #69,969. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Laban is uncommon French at frequency #69,969 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Laban, père de Léa et de Rachel.".

Laban doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Laban, spelled L-A-B-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Laban, père de Léa et de Rachel.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Habebat autem Rebecca fratrem nomine Laban, qui festinus egressus est ad hominem, ubi erat fons.

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 "Laban"?
"Laban" is spelled L-A-B-A-N.
What does "Laban" mean?
As a proper noun, "Laban" means: Laban, père de Léa et de Rachel.
What language does "Laban" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list