Langton
The verdict
“Langton” is uncommon French (frequency #86,863 among 128,088 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,863
- frequency rank, French
- 128,088
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-langton · Langton · French
Langton · rank #86,863 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,863
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 128,088
- PHOTO-FINISH lanier
Nearest frequency peer: lanier (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Langton”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- labre
labre
13,142 corpus weight
- labro
labro
13,141 corpus weight
- Langton
Langton
13,138 corpus weight
- lanier
lanier
13,137 corpus weight
- Lardy
Lardy
13,136 corpus weight
- lassen
lassen
13,134 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Langton” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Langton |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #86,863 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Langton” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Langton is uncommon French at frequency #86,863 among 128,088 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Langton in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Langton, spelled L-A-N-G-T-O-N.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Langton appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
John Langton was a chancellor of England and Bishop of Chichester.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.