langue de terre
\lɑ̃ɡ də tɛʁ\
The verdict
“langue de terre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espace de terre beaucoup plus long que large, qui ne tient que par un bout aux autres terres et qui est environné d’eau sur tous les autres côtés.
Corpus desk
Index FR-langue-de-terre · langue de terre · French
langue de terre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | langue de terre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lɑ̃ɡ də tɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « langue de terre » en français
Rare enough to double-check
langue de terre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \lɑ̃ɡ də tɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Espace de terre beaucoup plus long que large, qui ne tient que par un bout aux autres terres et qui est environné d’eau sur tous les autres côtés.".
langue de terre has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is langue de terre, spelled L-A-N-G-U-E- -D-E- -T-E-R-R-E.
Definition
- 1Espace de terre beaucoup plus long que large, qui ne tient que par un bout aux autres terres et qui est environné d’eau sur tous les autres côtés.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.