Laville
The verdict
“Laville” is uncommon French (frequency #63,878 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,878
- 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-laville · Laville · French
Laville · rank #63,878 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,878
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH Langon
Nearest frequency peer: Langon (-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 « Laville »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- kinés
kinés
36,127 corpus weight
- knapp
knapp
36,126 corpus weight
- laminer
laminer
36,125 corpus weight
- Langon
Langon
36,124 corpus weight
- Laville
Laville
36,123 corpus weight
- leitão
leitão
36,120 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Laville » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Laville |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #63,878 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Laville » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Laville is uncommon French at frequency #63,878 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
Laville has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Laville, spelled L-A-V-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Laville appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Auteur de nombreuses pièces et d’adaptations de pièces anglo-saxonnes, metteur en scène, producteur, directeur de théâtres, le Clodoaldien Pierre Laville a dédié sa vie au théâtre et à son histoire, dont il est un connaisseur passionné.
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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