lawn

\lon\

/\lon\/ noun

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The verdict

“lawn” is uncommon French (frequency #80,361 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,361
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gazon, pelouse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lawn · lawn · French

lawn · rank #80,361 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,361
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH laughing

Nearest frequency peer: laughing (-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 « lawn »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « lawn » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for lawn
PropertyValue
Headwordlawn
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\lon\
Letters4
Frequency rank#80,361
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « lawn » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).lawntombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « laughing » (#80,360), « lart » (#80,359), « Leiter » (#80,363). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « lawn » est au #80,361. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

lawn is uncommon French at frequency #80,361 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \lon\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gazon, pelouse.".

No misspelling variants are generated for lawn in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

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 lawn, spelled L-A-W-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gazon, pelouse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how lawn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. — … Il faut vous dire que, de ce temps-là, j’étais fauché comme un tennis… — Ce n’est pas, insinue l’autre, le tennis que l’on fauche. — Oui, oui, je sais, c’est le lawn.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lawn"?
"lawn" is spelled L-A-W-N. The IPA pronunciation is \lon\.
What does "lawn" mean?
As a noun, "lawn" means: Gazon, pelouse.
How do you pronounce "lawn"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lawn" is \lon\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "lawn", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

lart#80,359lijn#80,373Loix#80,381lova#80,384

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list