Langlais
The verdict
“Langlais” is uncommon French (frequency #56,713 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,713
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-langlais · Langlais · French
Langlais · rank #56,713 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,713
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH Lavalette
Nearest frequency peer: Lavalette (+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 « Langlais »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Kwan
Kwan
43,293 corpus weight
- Lacq
Lacq
43,292 corpus weight
- lacy
lacy
43,291 corpus weight
- Ladislas
Ladislas
43,290 corpus weight
- Langlais
Langlais
43,288 corpus weight
- Lavalette
Lavalette
43,287 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Langlais » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Langlais |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #56,713 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Langlais » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Langlais is uncommon French at frequency #56,713 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Langlais, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Langlais, spelled L-A-N-G-L-A-I-S.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Langlais appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est dans nos habitudes d’inviter des artistes à poser un autre regard sur nos collections, explique Cyrielle Langlais, responsable adjointe de l’institution.
« Le vendredi, c’est un vrai sujet », ose Anne-Lise Langlais, fondatrice du studio de production Aurevoir Charlie, qui « [se] pose des questions » sur la gestion de cette journée au sein de son équipe de huit personnes : « Je n’ai pas encore pris de décision, mais on peut se demander si c’est une bonne chose, quand on voit que, parfois, on n’a personne su…
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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