Languedoc

/\lɑ̃ɡ.dɔk\/ name

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,571

in French word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Languedoc is aFrenchname. It means: Ancienne province méridionale de la France d’Ancien Régime. Pronounced \lɑ̃ɡ.dɔk\. It ranks #8,571 in French word frequency.

Key facts for Languedoc
PropertyValue
HeadwordLanguedoc
LanguageFrench
Part of speechName
IPA\lɑ̃ɡ.dɔk\
Letters9
Frequency rank#8,571
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Languedoc in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Languedoc is 9 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \lɑ̃ɡ.dɔk\. Corpus data places it at rank #8,571 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Languedoc, with forms such as "alnguedoc", "lagnuedoc", and "langeudoc". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is Languedoc, spelled L-A-N-G-U-E-D-O-C, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ancienne province méridionale de la France d’Ancien Régime.
  2. 2
    Zone géographique incluse dans l’actuelle région administrative française du Languedoc-Roussillon, qui en constitue la plus grande partie et correspond aux territoires de langue occitane de cette dernière.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: alnguedoc,lagnuedoc,langeudoc,langguedoc,langudeoc,languedco,langueddoc,languedocc,langueodc,lannguedoc,lanugedoc,llanguedoc,lnaguedoc

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Languedoc

Misspelling Variants of "Languedoc"

alnguedoc9lagnuedoc9langeudoc9langguedoc10langudeoc9languedco9langueddoc10languedocc10
Misspelling Variants of "Languedoc"

Frequency rank: #8,571 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Languedoc"?
"Languedoc" is spelled L-A-N-G-U-E-D-O-C. The IPA pronunciation is \lɑ̃ɡ.dɔk\.
What does "Languedoc" mean?
As a name, "Languedoc" means: Ancienne province méridionale de la France d’Ancien Régime.
What are common misspellings of "Languedoc"?
Common misspellings include "alnguedoc", "lagnuedoc", "langeudoc", "langguedoc", "langudeoc". The correct spelling is "Languedoc".
How do you pronounce "Languedoc"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Languedoc" is \lɑ̃ɡ.dɔk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Languedoc" come from?
"Languedoc" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.