latrine
\la.tʁin\
The verdict
“latrine” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Singulier de latrines.
Corpus desk
Index FR-latrine · latrine · French
latrine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | latrine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \la.tʁin\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « latrine » en français
Rare enough to double-check
latrine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \la.tʁin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Singulier de latrines.".
latrine has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is latrine, spelled L-A-T-R-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Singulier de latrines.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how latrine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On remarque, à l’est, une latrine et une fenêtre tréflée avec un coussiège et un étroit petit couloir aboutissant à une meurtrière.
Séparée de son mari, fumeuse de cigares et mondaine socialiste, George Sand savait un peu ce que désobéir veut dire. Baudelaire, qui la détestait, la traita même, un jour, de « latrine ».
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.