lardon
\laʁ.dɔ̃\
The verdict
“lardon” is uncommon French (frequency #67,651 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,651
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit morceau de lard coupé en long, qu’on introduit dans la viande avec une lardoire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lardon · lardon · French
lardon · rank #67,651 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,651
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH languedocien
Nearest frequency peer: languedocien (-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 « lardon »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- lamelle
lamelle
32,354 corpus weight
- lancerai
lancerai
32,352 corpus weight
- languedocien
languedocien
32,351 corpus weight
- lardon
lardon
32,350 corpus weight
- laugh
laugh
32,348 corpus weight
- Lavilliers
Lavilliers
32,346 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « lardon » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « lardon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
lardon is uncommon French at frequency #67,651 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \laʁ.dɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lardon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Certains plats restent à la carte toute l’année : frisée aux lardons, bouquet de crevettes sauce cocktail, gambas flambées au pastis, bavette d’aloyau à l’échalote, tête de veau sauce gribiche […].
Mettre des lardons dans un bœuf à la mode.
Synonyms
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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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