lingot
\lɛ̃.ɡo\
The verdict
“lingot” is an uncommon French word, ranked #50,334 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #50,334
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Barre ou morceau de métal fondu, qui n’est ni monnayé ni ouvragé, principalement en parlant de métaux précieux.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lingot |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lɛ̃.ɡo\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #50,334 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lingot” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for lingot is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \lɛ̃.ɡo\. Corpus data places it at rank #50,334 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
lingot has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is lingot, spelled L-I-N-G-O-T.
Definition
- 1Barre ou morceau de métal fondu, qui n’est ni monnayé ni ouvragé, principalement en parlant de métaux précieux.
- 2Petit morceau de fer ou de plomb, de forme cylindrique, dont on charge quelquefois le fusil, au lieu de balles.
- 3Variété de haricot.
- 4Morceau de métal utilisé pour remplir les espaces blancs d’une page, et en particulier ceux qui séparent les colonnes de texte.
Synonyms
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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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Using “lingot”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is L-I-N-G-O-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \lɛ̃.ɡo\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.