Lindbergh

name

The verdict

“Lindbergh” is uncommon French (frequency #51,577 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,577
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-lindbergh · Lindbergh · French

Lindbergh · rank #51,577 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,577
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH lieue

Nearest frequency peer: lieue (-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 « Lindbergh »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Lindbergh
PropertyValue
HeadwordLindbergh
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters9
Frequency rank#51,577
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Lindbergh » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Lindberghtombe 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: « lieue » (#51,576), « lisaient » (#51,578), « lichen » (#51,575). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « Lindbergh » est au #51,577. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Lindbergh is uncommon French at frequency #51,577 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for Lindbergh in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Lindbergh, spelled L-I-N-D-B-E-R-G-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.
  2. 2
    L’aviateur Charles Lindbergh.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Charles August Lindbergh.
  2. « Eh bien, j’ai fait comme Lindbergh prospectant les temples mayas au-dessus de la sylve guatémaltèque : j’ai griffonné un croquis sur mes genoux, avec points de repère et renseignements fournis par le pilote.

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 "Lindbergh"?
"Lindbergh" is spelled L-I-N-D-B-E-R-G-H.
What does "Lindbergh" mean?
As a proper noun, "Lindbergh" means: Nom de famille.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list