lagoon

noun

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The verdict

“lagoon” is uncommon French (frequency #64,562 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,562
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lagune.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lagoon · lagoon · French

lagoon · rank #64,562 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,562
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH ladder

Nearest frequency peer: ladder (-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 « lagoon »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for lagoon
PropertyValue
Headwordlagoon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#64,562
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « lagoon » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).lagoontombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « ladder » (#64,561), « Lacaze » (#64,560), « Laplante » (#64,564). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « lagoon » est au #64,562. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

lagoon is uncommon French at frequency #64,562 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

lagoon doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is lagoon, spelled L-A-G-O-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lagune.
  2. 2
    Lagon.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. the lagoons of Venice
  2. a lagoon in a tropical island

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 "lagoon"?
"lagoon" is spelled L-A-G-O-O-N.
What does "lagoon" mean?
As a noun, "lagoon" means: Lagune.
What language does "lagoon" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ladder#64,561Lacaze#64,560krause#64,557Kiefer#64,554

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list