Langon
\lɑ̃.ɡɔ̃\
The verdict
“Langon” is uncommon French (frequency #63,877 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,877
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de la Gironde.
Corpus desk
Index FR-langon · Langon · French
Langon · rank #63,877 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,877
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH laminer
Nearest frequency peer: laminer (-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 « Langon »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- keynésienne
keynésienne
36,128 corpus weight
- kinés
kinés
36,127 corpus weight
- knapp
knapp
36,126 corpus weight
- laminer
laminer
36,125 corpus weight
- Langon
Langon
36,124 corpus weight
- Laville
Laville
36,123 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Langon » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Langon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \lɑ̃.ɡɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #63,877 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Langon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Langon is uncommon French at frequency #63,877 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \lɑ̃.ɡɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Langon, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Langon, spelled L-A-N-G-O-N.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département de la Gironde.
- 2Commune française, située dans le département d’Ille-et-Vilaine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Langon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Plusieurs sites de production se développent, à Port-Maubert (Saint-Fort-sur-Gironde), Mortagne, Blaye, Langon, Bourg-sur-Gironde, etc.
Vous connaissez Langon ? Six mille habitants. Des vignerons pour la plupart. Une ville paisible, à cinquante kilomètres de Bordeaux.
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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