Lesquin
\le.kɛ̃\
The verdict
“Lesquin” is uncommon French (frequency #74,149 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,149
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département du Nord.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lesquin · Lesquin · French
Lesquin · rank #74,149 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,149
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH levèrent
Nearest frequency peer: levèrent (+2 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 « Lesquin »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Laus
Laus
25,857 corpus weight
- lavera
lavera
25,856 corpus weight
- Lesquin
Lesquin
25,852 corpus weight
- levèrent
levèrent
25,850 corpus weight
- LGBTI
LGBTI
25,848 corpus weight
- liana
liana
25,847 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Lesquin » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lesquin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \le.kɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #74,149 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Lesquin » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Lesquin is uncommon French at frequency #74,149 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \le.kɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Commune française, située dans le département du Nord.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Lesquin in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Lesquin, spelled L-E-S-Q-U-I-N.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département du Nord.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Lesquin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Au début des années 70, Juliette est embauchée comme pontonnière aux Aciéries de Lesquin, dans le Nord.
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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