Larocque
The verdict
“Larocque” is uncommon French (frequency #66,863 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,863
- 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-larocque · Larocque · French
Larocque · rank #66,863 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,863
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH lapidaires
Nearest frequency peer: lapidaires (-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 « Larocque »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Lalique
Lalique
33,140 corpus weight
- lapidaires
lapidaires
33,139 corpus weight
- Larocque
Larocque
33,138 corpus weight
- lass
lass
33,137 corpus weight
- lassus
lassus
33,136 corpus weight
- Leccia
Leccia
33,132 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Larocque » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Larocque |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #66,863 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Larocque » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Larocque is uncommon French at frequency #66,863 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Larocque, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Larocque, spelled L-A-R-O-C-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Larocque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En 2021, Jocelyne Larocque faisait partie de l’équipe canadienne qui a remporté la médaille d’or au championnat mondial.
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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