Loctudy

name

The verdict

“Loctudy” is uncommon French (frequency #84,977 among 128,088 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,977
frequency rank, French
128,088
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département du Finistère.

Key facts for Loctudy
PropertyValue
HeadwordLoctudy
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Frequency rank#84,977
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Loctudy” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Loctudy lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Loctudy is uncommon French at frequency #84,977 among 128,088 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Commune française, située dans le département du Finistère.".

Loctudy doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

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 Loctudy, spelled L-O-C-T-U-D-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune française, située dans le département du Finistère.

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 "Loctudy"?
"Loctudy" is spelled L-O-C-T-U-D-Y.
What does "Loctudy" mean?
As a proper noun, "Loctudy" means: Commune française, située dans le département du Finistère.
What language does "Loctudy" come from?
"Loctudy" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “Loctudy”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is L-O-C-T-U-D-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list