lalo
The verdict
“lalo” is uncommon French (frequency #68,408 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,408
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gombo, okra.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lalo · lalo · French
lalo · rank #68,408 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,408
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH laisseras
Nearest frequency peer: laisseras (-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 « lalo »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- lager
lager
31,596 corpus weight
- laisseras
laisseras
31,594 corpus weight
- lalo
lalo
31,593 corpus weight
- lanceront
lanceront
31,591 corpus weight
- langeais
langeais
31,590 corpus weight
- langoustes
langoustes
31,589 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « lalo » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lalo |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #68,408 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « lalo » en français
Rare enough to double-check
lalo is uncommon French at frequency #68,408 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for lalo, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is lalo, spelled L-A-L-O.
Definition
- 1Gombo, okra.
- 2Nom vernaculaire de diverses préparations à base de feuilles de baobab africain (Adansonia digitata).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lalo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette farine est cuite à la vapeur d'eau et on y verse ensuite, soit du bouillon de viande, soit du lait, soit du jus de lalo ( plante du pays ).
Au Sénégal le lalo est une poudre de feuilles de baobab séchées que l'on incorpore aux céréales ou aux sauces.
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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