lac Léman

\lak le.mɑ̃\

/\lak le.mɑ̃\/ name

The verdict

“lac Léman” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lac sur le Rhône, à la frontière de la France et de la Suisse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lac-leman · lac Léman · French

lac Léman · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • 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.

Key facts for lac Léman
PropertyValue
Headwordlac Léman
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\lak le.mɑ̃\
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « lac Léman » en français

lac Lémann'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

lac Léman is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \lak le.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lac sur le Rhône, à la frontière de la France et de la Suisse.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for lac Léman in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is lac Léman, spelled L-A-C- -L-É-M-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lac sur le Rhône, à la frontière de la France et de la Suisse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Villeneuve est située à l’extrémité orientale du lac Léman.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lac Léman"?
"lac Léman" is spelled L-A-C- -L-É-M-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is \lak le.mɑ̃\.
What does "lac Léman" mean?
As a proper noun, "lac Léman" means: Lac sur le Rhône, à la frontière de la France et de la Suisse.
How do you pronounce "lac Léman"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lac Léman" is \lak le.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lac Léman" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list