laugh
\lɑːf\
The verdict
“laugh” is uncommon French (frequency #67,653 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,653
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-laugh · laugh · French
laugh · rank #67,653 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,653
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH lardon
Nearest frequency peer: lardon (-2 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 « laugh »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- 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
- leading
leading
32,345 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « laugh » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | laugh |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lɑːf\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #67,653 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « laugh » en français
Rare enough to double-check
laugh is uncommon French at frequency #67,653 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \lɑːf\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for laugh in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 laugh, spelled L-A-U-G-H.
Definition
- 1Rire.
- 2Quelque chose d’amusant, ou, par extension, de ridicule.
- 3Se dit d’une personne marrante.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how laugh appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
“And this rug,” he says, stomping on an old rag carpet. “How much do you suppose that cost?” It was my first guess, so I said fifty dollars. “That’s a laugh,” he said. “I paid two thousand for that rug.”
Outhwaite is a good laugh, yes, she knows how to smile: but deep down, she really is strong and stern.
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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