Letourneur
\lə.tuʁ.nœʁ\
The verdict
“Letourneur” is uncommon French (frequency #94,995 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,995
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille français.
Corpus desk
Index FR-letourneur · Letourneur · French
Letourneur · rank #94,995 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,995
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH letta
Nearest frequency peer: letta (+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 « Letourneur »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Letourneur
Letourneur
5,006 corpus weight
- letta
letta
5,005 corpus weight
- libellées
libellées
5,004 corpus weight
- libertas
libertas
5,003 corpus weight
- Licata
Licata
5,002 corpus weight
- licencient
licencient
5,001 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Letourneur » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Letourneur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \lə.tuʁ.nœʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #94,995 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Letourneur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Letourneur is uncommon French at frequency #94,995 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \lə.tuʁ.nœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille français.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Letourneur, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Letourneur, spelled L-E-T-O-U-R-N-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille français.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Letourneur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce thriller, signé Charlotte Letourneur, paraîtra le 10 novembre, édité par notre partenaire Les Nouveaux Auteurs.
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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