langueur
\lɑ̃.ɡœʁ\
The verdict
“langueur” is uncommon French (frequency #59,400 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,400
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Affaiblissement physique et moral qui réduit considérablement les forces et l’activité d'une personne. Action, fait de languir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-langueur · langueur · French
langueur · rank #59,400 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,400
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH langoureux
Nearest frequency peer: langoureux (-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 « langueur »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- L5
L5
40,605 corpus weight
- Lancastre
Lancastre
40,603 corpus weight
- langoureux
langoureux
40,602 corpus weight
- langueur
langueur
40,601 corpus weight
- largent
largent
40,600 corpus weight
- leach
leach
40,598 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « langueur » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | langueur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lɑ̃.ɡœʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #59,400 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « langueur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
langueur is uncommon French at frequency #59,400 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \lɑ̃.ɡœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
langueur has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is langueur, spelled L-A-N-G-U-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Affaiblissement physique et moral qui réduit considérablement les forces et l’activité d'une personne. Action, fait de languir.
- 2État d’abattement d’une personne faible et malade.
- 3Cause d’abattement et de nature physique (maladie ou blessure).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how langueur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les Liméniennes ont toutes de belles couleurs, […], des yeux noirs d’une expression indéfinissable d’esprit, de fierté et de langueur ; […].
Les sanglots longs Des violons De l’automne Blessent mon cœur D’une langueur Monotone.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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