Lillebonne

name

The verdict

“Lillebonne” is uncommon French (frequency #84,970 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,970
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de la Seine-Maritime.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lillebonne · Lillebonne · French

Lillebonne · rank #84,970 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,970
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH ligués

Nearest frequency peer: ligués (-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 « Lillebonne »

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 « Lillebonne » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Lillebonne
PropertyValue
HeadwordLillebonne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters10
Frequency rank#84,970
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Lillebonne » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Lillebonnetombe 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: « ligués » (#84,969), « liman » (#84,971), « lettrée » (#84,968). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « Lillebonne » est au #84,970. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Lillebonne is uncommon French at frequency #84,970 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Commune française, située dans le département de la Seine-Maritime.".

Zero misspellings are on record for Lillebonne in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 Lillebonne, spelled L-I-L-L-E-B-O-N-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune française, située dans le département de la Seine-Maritime.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. De l’auberge où il l’avait laissée près de la Haie d’Étigues, il fit venir sa bicyclette et poussa jusqu’aux environs de Lillebonne qu’habitait la mère de Brigitte.

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 "Lillebonne"?
"Lillebonne" is spelled L-I-L-L-E-B-O-N-N-E.
What does "Lillebonne" mean?
As a proper noun, "Lillebonne" means: Commune française, située dans le département de la Seine-Maritime.
What language does "Lillebonne" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list