Licht
The verdict
“Licht” is uncommon French (frequency #97,106 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,106
- 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-licht · Licht · French
Licht · rank #97,106 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,106
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH licensing
Nearest frequency peer: licensing (-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 « Licht »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- lege
lege
2,899 corpus weight
- licensing
licensing
2,896 corpus weight
- Licht
Licht
2,895 corpus weight
- lithosphère
lithosphère
2,894 corpus weight
- lix
lix
2,891 corpus weight
- loll
loll
2,889 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Licht » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Licht |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #97,106 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Licht » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Licht is uncommon French at frequency #97,106 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Licht in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Licht, spelled L-I-C-H-T.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Licht appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Selon le président de la chaîne de télévision, Chris Licht, « la consommation d’alcool à l’antenne nuisait à la crédibilité des équipes de CNN ».
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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