Lage

name

The verdict

“Lage” is an uncommon French word, ranked #60,910 in French word frequency and used as a proper noun.

#60,910
frequency rank, French
4
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Key facts for Lage
PropertyValue
HeadwordLage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters4
Frequency rank#60,910
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Lage” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Lage lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Lage is 4 letters long, classified as a proper noun. Corpus data places it at rank #60,910 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Nom de famille.".

Lage has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Lage, spelled L-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

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 "Lage"?
"Lage" is spelled L-A-G-E.
What does "Lage" mean?
As a proper noun, "Lage" means: Nom de famille.
What language does "Lage" come from?
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Using “Lage”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is L-A-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list