Limassol
\li.ma.sol\
The verdict
“Limassol” is uncommon French (frequency #78,582 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,582
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville de Chypre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-limassol · Limassol · French
Limassol · rank #78,582 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,582
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH Lisp
Nearest frequency peer: Lisp (+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 « Limassol »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- LFB
LFB
21,422 corpus weight
- Libya
Libya
21,421 corpus weight
- Limassol
Limassol
21,419 corpus weight
- Lisp
Lisp
21,418 corpus weight
- liturgies
liturgies
21,417 corpus weight
- localisez
localisez
21,416 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Limassol » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Limassol |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \li.ma.sol\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #78,582 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Limassol » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Limassol is uncommon French at frequency #78,582 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \li.ma.sol\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ville de Chypre.".
Limassol has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Limassol, spelled L-I-M-A-S-S-O-L.
Definition
- 1Ville de Chypre.
Synonyms
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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