Lincoln

\liŋ.kɔln\

/\liŋ.kɔln\/ name

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The verdict

“Lincoln” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,348. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,348
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
11
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille anglais.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lincoln · Lincoln · French

Lincoln · rank #10,348 · 11 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,348
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH Lawrence

Nearest frequency peer: Lawrence (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Lincoln »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Lincoln » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Lincoln
PropertyValue
HeadwordLincoln
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\liŋ.kɔln\
Letters7
Frequency rank#10,348
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Lincoln »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Lincolnse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Lawrence » (#10,347), « localement » (#10,349), « Karim » (#10,346). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « Lincoln » est au #10,348. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around Lincoln (IPA \liŋ.kɔln\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #10,348 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille anglais.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Lincoln, with forms such as "ilncoln", "licnoln", and "linccoln". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Lincoln, spelled L-I-N-C-O-L-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille anglais.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’élection en novembre 1860 d’Abraham Lincoln à la présidence mettra le feu aux poudres.
  2. Dès le xixᵉ siècle, des femmes ont pu être détectives privées, comme l’Américaine Kate Warne (1833-1868) qui parvint à déjouer un complot visant le président Lincoln.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ilncoln
  • licnoln
  • linccoln
  • linclon
  • lincolln
  • lincolnn
  • linconl
  • linncoln
  • linocln
  • llincoln
  • lnicoln

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Lincoln - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ilncoln2licnoln2linccoln1linclon2lincolln1lincolnn1linconl2linncoln1
Edit distance from "Lincoln"

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 "Lincoln"?
"Lincoln" is spelled L-I-N-C-O-L-N. The IPA pronunciation is \liŋ.kɔln\.
What does "Lincoln" mean?
As a proper noun, "Lincoln" means: Nom de famille anglais.
What are common misspellings of "Lincoln"?
Common misspellings include "ilncoln", "licnoln", "linccoln", "linclon", "lincolln". The correct spelling is "Lincoln".
How do you pronounce "Lincoln"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Lincoln" is \liŋ.kɔln\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Lincoln" come from?
"Lincoln" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list