linoléum
\li.nɔ.le.ɔm\
The verdict
“linoléum” is uncommon French (frequency #95,003 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,003
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Toile de jute imperméabilisée par l’application d’huile de lin oxydée et de poudre de liège et servant à tapisser les parquets et parfois les murs dans les corridors, les cabinets de toilette, etc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-linoleum · linoléum · French
linoléum · rank #95,003 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,003
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH Lillard
Nearest frequency peer: Lillard (-2 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 « linoléum »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Licata
Licata
5,002 corpus weight
- licencient
licencient
5,001 corpus weight
- Lillard
Lillard
5,000 corpus weight
- linoléum
linoléum
4,998 corpus weight
- lista
lista
4,996 corpus weight
- liver
liver
4,994 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « linoléum » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | linoléum |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \li.nɔ.le.ɔm\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #95,003 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « linoléum » en français
Rare enough to double-check
linoléum is uncommon French at frequency #95,003 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \li.nɔ.le.ɔm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
linoléum doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is linoléum, spelled L-I-N-O-L-É-U-M.
Definition
- 1Toile de jute imperméabilisée par l’application d’huile de lin oxydée et de poudre de liège et servant à tapisser les parquets et parfois les murs dans les corridors, les cabinets de toilette, etc.
- 2Nom donné improprement à toutes sortes de revêtement de sol souple et vendu en rouleau.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how linoléum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A peine une salle était-elle cloisonnée que les menuisiers s'en emparaient pour y poser les boiseries et les vitrines, les tapissiers la tendaient d'étoffe, des ouvriers spéciaux la parquetaient de linoléum.
Tout un rayon de la bibliothèque est tombé, les livres glissaient sur le linoléum.
This word in other languages
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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