langues

/\lɑ̃ɡ\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,999

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

19

similar word pairs

langues is aFrenchnoun. It means: Pluriel de langue. Pronounced \lɑ̃ɡ\. It ranks #1,999 in French word frequency. Often confused with longue and larges.

Key facts for langues
PropertyValue
Headwordlangues
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\lɑ̃ɡ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,999
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for langues is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \lɑ̃ɡ\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,999 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de langue.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for langues, with forms such as "alngues", "lagnues", and "langeus". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "longue", "larges", "largue", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 langues, spelled L-A-N-G-U-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de langue.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: alngues,lagnues,langeus,langgues,languess,languse,lanngues,lanuges,llangues,lnagues

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for langues

Misspelling Variants of "langues"

alngues7lagnues7langeus7langgues8languess8languse7lanngues8lanuges7
Misspelling Variants of "langues"

Frequency rank: #1,999 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "langues"?
"langues" is spelled L-A-N-G-U-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \lɑ̃ɡ\.
What does "langues" mean?
As a noun, "langues" means: Pluriel de langue.
What words are commonly confused with "langues"?
"langues" is commonly confused with "longue", "larges", "largue". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "langues"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "langues" is \lɑ̃ɡ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "langues" come from?
"langues" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.