Loango

name

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The verdict

“Loango” is uncommon French (frequency #99,298 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,298
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ancien royaume africain.

Corpus desk

Index FR-loango · Loango · French

Loango · rank #99,298 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,298
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH lobotomisés

Nearest frequency peer: lobotomisés (+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 « Loango »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Loango
PropertyValue
HeadwordLoango
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters6
Frequency rank#99,298
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Loango » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Loangotombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « lobotomisés » (#99,299), « lithographique » (#99,296), « loche » (#99,300). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « Loango » est au #99,298. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Loango is uncommon French at frequency #99,298 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Loango, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Loango, spelled L-O-A-N-G-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ancien royaume africain.
  2. 2
    Ville de la République du Congo, située au nord de l’embouchure du Congo.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. LOANGO, ou LOWANGO, (Géog.) royaume d’Afrique dans la basse Guinée, sur la côte de l’Océan éthiopique. Il commence au cap Sainte-Catherine, par les 2 degrés de latitude méridionale, & finit par les 5 degrés de la même latitude, ce qui lui donne 3 degrés ou 75 lieues des côtes nord & sud. Son étendue est & ouest dans les terres est d’environ 100 lieues. Il…
  2. SAMBA-PONGO, (Hist. mod.) c’est le titre que les habitans du royaume de Loango en Afrique donnent à leur roi, qu’ils regardent non-seulement comme l’image de la divinité, mais encore comme un dieu véritable.

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 "Loango"?
"Loango" is spelled L-O-A-N-G-O.
What does "Loango" mean?
As a proper noun, "Loango" means: Ancien royaume africain.
What language does "Loango" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

lipide#99,295liguer#99,291louder#99,305Laudun#99,277

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list