Lenfant
\lɑ̃.fɑ̃\
The verdict
“Lenfant” is uncommon French (frequency #72,488 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,488
- 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-lenfant · Lenfant · French
Lenfant · rank #72,488 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,488
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH Leary
Nearest frequency peer: Leary (-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 « Lenfant »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- lasses
lasses
27,518 corpus weight
- Leary
Leary
27,514 corpus weight
- Lenfant
Lenfant
27,513 corpus weight
- lessivage
lessivage
27,512 corpus weight
- lessons
lessons
27,511 corpus weight
- liard
liard
27,509 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Lenfant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lenfant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \lɑ̃.fɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #72,488 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Lenfant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Lenfant is uncommon French at frequency #72,488 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \lɑ̃.fɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Lenfant in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Lenfant, spelled L-E-N-F-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Lenfant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pierre Lenfant.
This word in other languages
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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