Lazarus
The verdict
“Lazarus” is uncommon French (frequency #57,375 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,375
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lazarus · Lazarus · French
Lazarus · rank #57,375 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,375
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH Lavoine
Nearest frequency peer: Lavoine (-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 « Lazarus »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- lauda
lauda
42,629 corpus weight
- Lauragais
Lauragais
42,628 corpus weight
- Lavoine
Lavoine
42,627 corpus weight
- Lazarus
Lazarus
42,626 corpus weight
- ledger
ledger
42,625 corpus weight
- leiden
leiden
42,623 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Lazarus » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lazarus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #57,375 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Lazarus » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Lazarus is uncommon French at frequency #57,375 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom masculin.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Lazarus, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Lazarus, spelled L-A-Z-A-R-U-S.
Definition
- 1Prénom masculin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Lazarus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’atypique directeur de course, Lazarus Lake, a ses critères pour retenir seulement 40 coureurs chaque année, et ce afin de préserver le parc de Frozen Head.
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).