Lilou
\li.lu\
The verdict
“Lilou” is uncommon French (frequency #60,924 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,924
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom féminin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lilou · Lilou · French
Lilou · rank #60,924 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,924
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH liars
Nearest frequency peer: liars (-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 « Lilou »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- legit
legit
39,080 corpus weight
- letizia
letizia
39,079 corpus weight
- liars
liars
39,078 corpus weight
- Lilou
Lilou
39,077 corpus weight
- limier
limier
39,076 corpus weight
- Lisboa
Lisboa
39,075 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Lilou » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lilou |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \li.lu\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #60,924 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Lilou » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Lilou is uncommon French at frequency #60,924 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \li.lu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom féminin.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Lilou, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Lilou, spelled L-I-L-O-U.
Definition
- 1Prénom féminin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Lilou appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La Rochelaise Lilou Brévard-Belliot, 16 ans, a été battue (3-0) au 2e tour des Mondiaux U19, à Jarville (Meurthe-et-Moselle), par l’Égyptienne Salma El Tayeb, 60e mondial senior et finaliste malheureuse face à sa compatriote Amina Orfi.
Durant cette semaine, dix élèves (Dylan (2), Maëlle, Loïs, Rhayan, Jérémy, Enzo, Ethan, Alexandre et Lilou) de la 6ᵉ à la 4ᵉ ont écrit un scénario, réalisé un film (images et son) et en ont joué les rôles.
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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