Ligny
The verdict
“Ligny” is uncommon French (frequency #56,719 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,719
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Section de la commune de Sombreffe en Belgique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ligny · Ligny · French
Ligny · rank #56,719 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,719
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH libellules
Nearest frequency peer: libellules (-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 « Ligny »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Lavalette
Lavalette
43,287 corpus weight
- libellules
libellules
43,283 corpus weight
- Ligny
Ligny
43,282 corpus weight
- Linz
Linz
43,280 corpus weight
- liquéfaction
liquéfaction
43,279 corpus weight
- loquet
loquet
43,278 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Ligny » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ligny |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #56,719 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Ligny » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Ligny is uncommon French at frequency #56,719 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Ligny in our index, 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Ligny, spelled L-I-G-N-Y.
Definition
- 1Section de la commune de Sombreffe en Belgique.
- 2Nom court de Ligny-en-Barrois, localité française située dans le département de la Meuse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Ligny appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A Ligny, aussi, depuis le haut Moyen-Age, Mélusine se baignait dans l’Ornain, les nuits de clair de lune.
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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