lanternes

/\lɑ̃.tɛʁn\/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#26,780

in French word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

lanternes is aFrenchnoun. It means: Pluriel de lanterne. Pronounced \lɑ̃.tɛʁn\. Often confused with lanterne and lanières.

Key facts for lanternes
PropertyValue
Headwordlanternes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\lɑ̃.tɛʁn\
Letters9
Frequency rank#26,780
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for lanternes is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \lɑ̃.tɛʁn\. Corpus data places it at rank #26,780 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de lanterne.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for lanternes, with forms such as "alnternes", "lanetrnes", and "lannternes". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "lanterne", "lanières", 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 lanternes, spelled L-A-N-T-E-R-N-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 lanterne.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: alnternes,lanetrnes,lannternes,lantenres,lanterens,lanterness,lanternnes,lanternse,lanterrnes,lantrenes,lantternes,latnernes,llanternes,lnaternes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for lanternes

Misspelling Variants of "lanternes"

alnternes9lanetrnes9lannternes10lantenres9lanterens9lanterness10lanternnes10lanternse9
Misspelling Variants of "lanternes"

Frequency rank: #26,780 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lanternes"?
"lanternes" is spelled L-A-N-T-E-R-N-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \lɑ̃.tɛʁn\.
What does "lanternes" mean?
As a noun, "lanternes" means: Pluriel de lanterne.
What words are commonly confused with "lanternes"?
"lanternes" is commonly confused with "lanterne", "lanières". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lanternes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lanternes" is \lɑ̃.tɛʁn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lanternes" come from?
"lanternes" 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.