lann
\ˈlãnː\
The verdict
“lann” is uncommon French (frequency #82,174 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,174
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Monastère, église, lieu consacré (en toponymie).
Corpus desk
Index FR-lann · lann · French
lann · rank #82,174 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,174
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH langoustines
Nearest frequency peer: langoustines (-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 « lann »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- langoureuse…
langoureusement
17,829 corpus weight
- langoustines
langoustines
17,828 corpus weight
- lann
lann
17,827 corpus weight
- lari
lari
17,826 corpus weight
- Larrieu
Larrieu
17,825 corpus weight
- Latinas
Latinas
17,824 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « lann » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lann |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈlãnː\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #82,174 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « lann » en français
Rare enough to double-check
lann is uncommon French at frequency #82,174 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈlãnː\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for lann in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is lann, spelled L-A-N-N.
Definition
- 1Monastère, église, lieu consacré (en toponymie).
- 2Lande.
- 3Ajonc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how lann appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pegoulz e karez ar muiañ da vamm ? Pa vez ar bleuñ er balan pe pa vez ar bleuñ el lann ? Pa ver ar bleuñ el lann, rag al lann brezhoneg a vez ar bleuñ ennañ e-pad ar bloaz.
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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