lignon
\ˈliɡ.non\
The verdict
“lignon” is uncommon French (frequency #63,886 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,886
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Accusatif singulier de ligno.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lignon · lignon · French
lignon · rank #63,886 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,886
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH limbo
Nearest frequency peer: limbo (+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 « lignon »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- lesse
lesse
36,118 corpus weight
- lian
lian
36,117 corpus weight
- lignon
lignon
36,115 corpus weight
- limbo
limbo
36,114 corpus weight
- lingala
lingala
36,113 corpus weight
- lobos
lobos
36,112 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « lignon » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lignon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈliɡ.non\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #63,886 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « lignon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
lignon is uncommon French at frequency #63,886 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈliɡ.non\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Accusatif singulier de ligno.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for lignon, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is lignon, spelled L-I-G-N-O-N.
Definition
- 1Accusatif singulier de ligno.
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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