Lebœuf

name

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The verdict

“Lebœuf” is uncommon French (frequency #98,174 among 128,088 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,174
frequency rank, French
128,088
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Key facts for Lebœuf
PropertyValue
HeadwordLebœuf
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters6
Frequency rank#98,174
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Lebœuf” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Lebœuf lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Lebœuf is uncommon French at frequency #98,174 among 128,088 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Lebœuf, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 Lebœuf, spelled L-E-B-Œ-U-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

This word in other languages

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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 "Lebœuf"?
"Lebœuf" is spelled L-E-B-Œ-U-F.
What does "Lebœuf" mean?
As a proper noun, "Lebœuf" means: Nom de famille.
What language does "Lebœuf" come from?
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Using “Lebœuf”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is L-E-B-Œ-U-F - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list