LBD
\ɛl.be.de\
The verdict
“LBD” is uncommon French (frequency #91,879 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,879
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abréviation de lanceur de balles de défense ou lanceur de balle de défense.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lbd · LBD · French
LBD · rank #91,879 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,879
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH lazaristes
Nearest frequency peer: lazaristes (-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 « LBD »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- lavons
lavons
8,125 corpus weight
- lawyers
lawyers
8,124 corpus weight
- lazaristes
lazaristes
8,123 corpus weight
- LBD
LBD
8,122 corpus weight
- Leborgne
Leborgne
8,121 corpus weight
- leftovers
leftovers
8,120 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « LBD » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | LBD |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛl.be.de\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #91,879 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « LBD » en français
Rare enough to double-check
LBD is uncommon French at frequency #91,879 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛl.be.de\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Abréviation de lanceur de balles de défense ou lanceur de balle de défense.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for LBD in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is LBD, spelled L-B-D.
Definition
- 1Abréviation de lanceur de balles de défense ou lanceur de balle de défense.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how LBD appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Très critiqué pour son manque de précision, le flash-ball peut être mortel en cas de tir très rapproché. Doté d’un viseur perfectionné de type militaire, le LBD permet un tir beaucoup plus ciblé.
Manifestants blessés par des LBD : "Personne ne peut se satisfaire de cette situation", selon Florence Parly.
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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