lardon
\laʁ.dɔ̃\
The verdict
“lardon” is an uncommon French word, ranked #67,651 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #67,651
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Petit morceau de lard coupé en long, qu’on introduit dans la viande avec une lardoire.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lardon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \laʁ.dɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #67,651 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lardon” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for lardon is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \laʁ.dɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #67,651 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for lardon in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 lardon, spelled L-A-R-D-O-N.
Definition
- 1Petit morceau de lard coupé en long, qu’on introduit dans la viande avec une lardoire.
- 2Raillerie piquante contre quelqu’un.
- 3Petit morceau de métal servant à boucher une fissure ou à reforcer une pièce.
- 4Pièce de métal plate, longue et fine et qui constitue la potence d’un échappement à roue de rencontre ou à verge.
- 5Enfant en bas âge.
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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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Using “lardon”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is L-A-R-D-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \laʁ.dɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.