lamia

\ˈla.mi.a\

/\ˈla.mi.a\/ noun

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The verdict

“lamia” is uncommon French (frequency #53,445 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,445
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lamie, vampire à figure de femme, qui passait pour dévorer les enfants. Sorcière.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lamia · lamia · French

lamia · rank #53,445 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,445
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH lancia

Nearest frequency peer: lancia (+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 « lamia »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for lamia
PropertyValue
Headwordlamia
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈla.mi.a\
Letters5
Frequency rank#53,445
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « lamia » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.lamiatombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « lancia » (#53,446), « lapine » (#53,447), « kinésithérapie » (#53,442). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « lamia » est au #53,445. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

lamia is uncommon French at frequency #53,445 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈla.mi.a\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for lamia in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is lamia, spelled L-A-M-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lamie, vampire à figure de femme, qui passait pour dévorer les enfants. Sorcière.
  2. 2
    Lamie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. lamiae turres

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 "lamia"?
"lamia" is spelled L-A-M-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈla.mi.a\.
What does "lamia" mean?
As a noun, "lamia" means: Lamie, vampire à figure de femme, qui passait pour dévorer les enfants. Sorcière.
How do you pronounce "lamia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lamia" is \ˈla.mi.a\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lamia" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

lésée#53,468matra#53,480Medhi#53,483menue#53,485

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list