lacrymal
\la.kʁi.mal\
The verdict
“lacrymal” is uncommon French (frequency #96,061 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,061
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a rapport aux larmes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lacrymal · lacrymal · French
lacrymal · rank #96,061 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,061
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH laconiquement
Nearest frequency peer: laconiquement (-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 « lacrymal »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- kreutzer
kreutzer
3,945 corpus weight
- Kuomintang
Kuomintang
3,943 corpus weight
- Kwak
Kwak
3,942 corpus weight
- laconiqueme…
laconiquement
3,941 corpus weight
- lacrymal
lacrymal
3,940 corpus weight
- landaises
landaises
3,937 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « lacrymal » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lacrymal |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \la.kʁi.mal\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #96,061 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « lacrymal » en français
Rare enough to double-check
lacrymal is uncommon French at frequency #96,061 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \la.kʁi.mal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui a rapport aux larmes.".
Zero misspellings are on record for lacrymal in our 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, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is lacrymal, spelled L-A-C-R-Y-M-A-L.
Definition
- 1Qui a rapport aux larmes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lacrymal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Justin Trudeau est porté sur l’empathie dégoulinante, la contrition ; il aime à formuler des excuses lacrymales, sur un nombre incalculable de sujets. Mais pas lorsque cela touche au Québec.
Des glandes lacrymales humaines miniatures capables de pleurer ont été créées en laboratoire par des scientifiques néerlandais.
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); 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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