lapis
\la.pis\
The verdict
“lapis” is uncommon French (frequency #50,323 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,323
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonyme de Lapis-lazuli.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lapis · lapis · French
lapis · rank #50,323 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,323
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH Lamballe
Nearest frequency peer: Lamballe (-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 « lapis »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- kystes
kystes
49,681 corpus weight
- lacustre
lacustre
49,680 corpus weight
- Lamballe
Lamballe
49,679 corpus weight
- lapis
lapis
49,678 corpus weight
- lascars
lascars
49,676 corpus weight
- Leinster
Leinster
49,675 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « lapis » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lapis |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \la.pis\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #50,323 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « lapis » en français
Rare enough to double-check
lapis is uncommon French at frequency #50,323 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \la.pis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
lapis doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is lapis, spelled L-A-P-I-S.
Definition
- 1Synonyme de Lapis-lazuli.
- 2Nom donné à une variété d'indienne dont la couleur dominante est le bleu.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lapis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
― Ô ma chère Laura, lui dis-je avec effort en appuyant mes lèvres sur sa main, comment peux-tu appliquer le mot de travail ingrat à l’admirable voyage que nous avons fait ensemble dans le cristal ? Rends-moi cette resplendissante vision des océans d’opale et des îles de lapis ! Retournons aux verts bosquets de la chrysoprase et aux sublimes rivages de l’e…
Ainsi, lorsque Jean Colombe reprend Les Très Riches Heures entre 1485 et 1489, « on n’a pas les mêmes pigments que chez les Limbourg, qui utilisaient beaucoup le lapis, très cher pour leur bleu », note Élisabeth Ravaud.
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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