Lambert
\lɑ̃.bɛʁ\
The verdict
“Lambert” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #7,080 in French word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #7,080
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Prénom masculin.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lambert |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \lɑ̃.bɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #7,080 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lambert” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for Lambert is 7 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \lɑ̃.bɛʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #7,080 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Prénom masculin.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Lambert, with forms such as "almbert", "labmert", and "lambbert". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Lambert, spelled L-A-M-B-E-R-T.
Definition
- 1Prénom masculin.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: almbert,labmert,lambbert,lamberrt,lambertt,lambetr,lambret,lamebrt,lammbert,llambert,lmabert
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Lambert - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “Lambert”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is L-A-M-B-E-R-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \lɑ̃.bɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.