Lhasa

name

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The verdict

“Lhasa” is uncommon French (frequency #85,873 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,873
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lhassa.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lhasa · Lhasa · French

Lhasa · rank #85,873 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,873
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH lexiques

Nearest frequency peer: lexiques (-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 « Lhasa »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Lhasa » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Lhasa
PropertyValue
HeadwordLhasa
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters5
Frequency rank#85,873
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Lhasa » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Lhasatombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « lexiques » (#85,872), « lias » (#85,874), « Libano » (#85,875). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « Lhasa » est au #85,873. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Lhasa is uncommon French at frequency #85,873 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lhassa.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Lhasa, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Lhasa, spelled L-H-A-S-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lhassa.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Lhasa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Život v Lhase byl popsán rakouským horolezcem Heinrichem Harrerem v jeho knize Sedm let v Tibetu.

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 "Lhasa"?
"Lhasa" is spelled L-H-A-S-A.
What does "Lhasa" mean?
As a proper noun, "Lhasa" means: Lhassa.
What language does "Lhasa" come from?
"Lhasa" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Lhasa", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

leeuw#85,869klaas#85,854luire#85,892Ircam#85,832

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list