Lampaul
\lɑ̃.pɔl\
The verdict
“Lampaul” is uncommon French (frequency #79,473 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,473
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bourg principal de l’île et commune d’Ouessant dans le Finistère.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lampaul · Lampaul · French
Lampaul · rank #79,473 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,473
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH Lanester
Nearest frequency peer: Lanester (+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 « Lampaul »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- lactate
lactate
20,532 corpus weight
- lactiques
lactiques
20,531 corpus weight
- Lampaul
Lampaul
20,528 corpus weight
- Lanester
Lanester
20,527 corpus weight
- laudanum
laudanum
20,526 corpus weight
- Laverdure
Laverdure
20,525 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Lampaul » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lampaul |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \lɑ̃.pɔl\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #79,473 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Lampaul » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Lampaul is uncommon French at frequency #79,473 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \lɑ̃.pɔl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Lampaul doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Lampaul, spelled L-A-M-P-A-U-L.
Definition
- 1Bourg principal de l’île et commune d’Ouessant dans le Finistère.
- 2Ancien nom et nom court de Lampaul-Guimiliau.
- 3Nom court de Lampaul-Plouarzel.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Lampaul appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Place ensuite à la vallée du Quillivaron avec une excursion sur Lampaul.
Je constate que l’on trouve toujours deux quotidiens régionaux au bar-tabac-presse de Lampaul.
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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