Lohengrin

name

The verdict

“Lohengrin” is uncommon French (frequency #80,380 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,380
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Héros de la légende arthurienne.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lohengrin · Lohengrin · French

Lohengrin · rank #80,380 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,380
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH locks

Nearest frequency peer: locks (-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 « Lohengrin »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Lohengrin
PropertyValue
HeadwordLohengrin
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters9
Frequency rank#80,380
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Lohengrin » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Lohengrintombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « locks » (#80,379), « Loix » (#80,381), « longerons » (#80,382). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « Lohengrin » est au #80,380. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Lohengrin is uncommon French at frequency #80,380 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Lohengrin in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Lohengrin, spelled L-O-H-E-N-G-R-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Héros de la légende arthurienne.
  2. 2
    Opéra de Richard Wagner mettant en scène ce héros.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Lohengrin avait sonné le glas de l’opéra traditionnel ; c’était maintenant ou jamais qu’il fallait résoudre le problème.
  2. Vous entendez les hautbois ? Ils jouent le prélude de Lohengrin et se répondent d'une tour à l'autre de mon château.

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 "Lohengrin"?
"Lohengrin" is spelled L-O-H-E-N-G-R-I-N.
What does "Lohengrin" mean?
As a proper noun, "Lohengrin" means: Héros de la légende arthurienne.
What language does "Lohengrin" come from?
"Lohengrin" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list