Lisbon
\ˈliz.bon\
The verdict
“Lisbon” is uncommon French (frequency #65,280 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,280
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lisbonne (capitale du Portugal).
Corpus desk
Index FR-lisbon · Lisbon · French
Lisbon · rank #65,280 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,280
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH liquoreux
Nearest frequency peer: liquoreux (-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 « Lisbon »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- limitative
limitative
34,724 corpus weight
- linear
linear
34,723 corpus weight
- liquoreux
liquoreux
34,722 corpus weight
- Lisbon
Lisbon
34,721 corpus weight
- literary
literary
34,720 corpus weight
- Loisy
Loisy
34,719 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Lisbon » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lisbon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ˈliz.bon\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #65,280 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Lisbon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Lisbon is uncommon French at frequency #65,280 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ˈliz.bon\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lisbonne (capitale du Portugal).".
Zero misspellings are on record for Lisbon in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Lisbon, spelled L-I-S-B-O-N.
Definition
- 1Lisbonne (capitale du Portugal).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Lisbon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Kerkent ha ma tavas hor c’hanolioù o lidañ disparti ar roue, e savjomp eor holl a gevret da gas an Aotrou Fallières da Lisbon.
Kontañ a rae din unan eus eñvorioù pennañ e vugaleaj : kren-douar Lisbon, pa voe lazhet en un taol tregont mil a dud.
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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