langoustines
\lɑ̃.ɡus.tin\
The verdict
“langoustines” is uncommon French (frequency #82,173 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,173
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de langoustine.
Corpus desk
Index FR-langoustines · langoustines · French
langoustines · rank #82,173 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,173
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH langoureuseme…
Nearest frequency peer: langoureusement (-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 « langoustines »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- langoureuse…
langoureusement
17,829 corpus weight
- langoustines
langoustines
17,828 corpus weight
- lann
lann
17,827 corpus weight
- lari
lari
17,826 corpus weight
- Larrieu
Larrieu
17,825 corpus weight
- Latinas
Latinas
17,824 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « langoustines » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | langoustines |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lɑ̃.ɡus.tin\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #82,173 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « langoustines » en français
Rare enough to double-check
langoustines is uncommon French at frequency #82,173 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \lɑ̃.ɡus.tin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de langoustine.".
langoustines has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is langoustines, spelled L-A-N-G-O-U-S-T-I-N-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de langoustine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how langoustines appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Comme les crevettes, les homards et les langoustes, les langoustines (Nephrops norvegicus) font partie de l’ordre des décapodes, ces crustacés dotés de 10 (deca) pattes (podos).
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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