latifundium
\la.ti.fœ̃.djɔm\
The verdict
“latifundium” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grande propriété chez les Romains et dans le monde méditerranéen.
Corpus desk
Index FR-latifundium · latifundium · French
latifundium · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | latifundium |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \la.ti.fœ̃.djɔm\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
latifundium is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \la.ti.fœ̃.djɔm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
latifundium doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is latifundium, spelled L-A-T-I-F-U-N-D-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1Grande propriété chez les Romains et dans le monde méditerranéen.
- 2Exploitation agricole pratiquant l’agriculture extensive.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how latifundium appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nous sommes au moment où commencent à se former ces vastes domaines, ces latifundia dont Pline a dit, dans une phrase célèbre, qu’ils ont perdu l’Italie.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.