Laban
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
- kp
kp
30,035 corpus weight
- kutcher
kutcher
30,033 corpus weight
- Laban
Laban
30,032 corpus weight
- lagons
lagons
30,031 corpus weight
- lamentation
lamentation
30,030 corpus weight
- Lancashire
Lancashire
30,029 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Laban » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Laban |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #69,969 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Laban » en français
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
- 1Laban, père de Léa et de Rachel.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Laban appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
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