Lenglen
The verdict
“Lenglen” is uncommon French (frequency #91,882 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,882
- 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-lenglen · Lenglen · French
Lenglen · rank #91,882 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,882
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH leftovers
Nearest frequency peer: leftovers (-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 « Lenglen »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- LBD
LBD
8,122 corpus weight
- Leborgne
Leborgne
8,121 corpus weight
- leftovers
leftovers
8,120 corpus weight
- Lenglen
Lenglen
8,119 corpus weight
- libériens
libériens
8,117 corpus weight
- licencieux
licencieux
8,116 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Lenglen » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lenglen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #91,882 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Lenglen » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Lenglen is uncommon French at frequency #91,882 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
Lenglen has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Lenglen, spelled L-E-N-G-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Lenglen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quelques années avant, Suzanne Lenglen et Alain Gerbault, dont la famille est installée à Dinard, échangèrent quelques balles sur les terres battues dinardaises, le plus vieux club de tennis français.
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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