Larcenet
\laʁ.sə.nɛ\
The verdict
“Larcenet” is uncommon French (frequency #91,872 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,872
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-larcenet · Larcenet · French
Larcenet · rank #91,872 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,872
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH lapide
Nearest frequency peer: lapide (-2 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 « Larcenet »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- lamantins
lamantins
8,132 corpus weight
- lapide
lapide
8,131 corpus weight
- Larcenet
Larcenet
8,129 corpus weight
- Lavisse
Lavisse
8,126 corpus weight
- lavons
lavons
8,125 corpus weight
- lawyers
lawyers
8,124 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Larcenet » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Larcenet |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \laʁ.sə.nɛ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #91,872 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Larcenet » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Larcenet is uncommon French at frequency #91,872 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \laʁ.sə.nɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
Larcenet has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Larcenet, spelled L-A-R-C-E-N-E-T.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Larcenet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Augustin Trapenard reçoit Manu Larcenet pour La Route, François Sureau pour S’en aller, Pascal Picq (photo) pour La Marche, Marie de Hennezel pour L’Éclaireuse et Pierre Bergounioux pour la sortie en poche de son livre Le Matin des origines.
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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