Lespinasse

name

The verdict

“Lespinasse” is uncommon French (frequency #67,663 among 128,088 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,663
frequency rank, French
128,088
“L” headwords

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

Key facts for Lespinasse
PropertyValue
HeadwordLespinasse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters10
Frequency rank#67,663
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Lespinasse” 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). Lespinasse lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Lespinasse is uncommon French at frequency #67,663 among 128,088 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Lespinasse in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Lespinasse, spelled L-E-S-P-I-N-A-S-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

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 "Lespinasse"?
"Lespinasse" is spelled L-E-S-P-I-N-A-S-S-E.
What does "Lespinasse" mean?
As a proper noun, "Lespinasse" means: Nom de famille.
What language does "Lespinasse" come from?
"Lespinasse" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “Lespinasse”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is L-E-S-P-I-N-A-S-S-E - 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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list