Laus
\laʊ̯s\
The verdict
“Laus” is uncommon French (frequency #74,144 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,144
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pou.
Corpus desk
Index FR-laus · Laus · French
Laus · rank #74,144 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,144
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH lavera
Nearest frequency peer: lavera (+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 « Laus »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- lands
lands
25,862 corpus weight
- Lapix
Lapix
25,861 corpus weight
- largesse
largesse
25,859 corpus weight
- Laus
Laus
25,857 corpus weight
- lavera
lavera
25,856 corpus weight
- Lesquin
Lesquin
25,852 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Laus » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Laus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \laʊ̯s\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #74,144 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Laus » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Laus is uncommon French at frequency #74,144 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \laʊ̯s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pou.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Laus in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Laus, spelled L-A-U-S.
Definition
- 1Pou.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Laus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sein Kopf ist voller Läuse.
Diese Pflanze hat Läuse.
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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