Loing

Name: Loing, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\lwɛ̃\

/\lwɛ̃\/ name

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Loing” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,133. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,133
frequency rank, French: 2,567
“L” headwords: 7
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rivière tributaire de la Seine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-loing · Loing · French

Loing · rank #35,133 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-MID #35,133
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 7 variants
BOOK-MID 2,567
PHOTO-FINISH logic

Nearest frequency peer: logic (-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.

Lizzie

64,871
locution

64,870
logic

64,869
Loing

64,868
loyalistes

64,867
lycéennes

64,866

What this shows « Loing » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Loing vs long

60% similar

Loing vs lois

40% similar

Loing vs loir

40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Loing
Property	Value
Headword	Loing
Language	French
Part of speech	Proper noun
IPA	\lwɛ̃\
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#35,133
Misspellings tracked	7
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Loing »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Loingse place ici:

#35,133

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « logic » (#35,132), « loyalistes » (#35,134), « locution » (#35,131). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « Loing » est au #35,133. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Loing (IPA \lwɛ̃\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #35,133 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Rivière tributaire de la Seine.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Loing, with forms such as "liong", "lloing", and "loign". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "long", "lois", "loir", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Loing, spelled L-O-I-N-G.

Definition

1
Rivière tributaire de la Seine.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Entre la petite rivière du Loing et la Seine, s'étend une vaste plaine bordée par la forêt de Fontainebleau, par les villes de Moret, de Nemours et de Montereau.
On côtoie ensuite la rive droite du Loing par un chemin ombragé fort agréable, qui traverse la Croisière, Dordives, où l'on entre dans le département du Loiret, Ferrières, Puits-la-Lande et Montargis, ville agréablement située sur la rivière et le canal du Loing.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

liong
lloing
loign
loingg
loinng
lonig
oling

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Loing - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "Loing"

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 "Loing"?

"Loing" is spelled L-O-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is \lwɛ̃\.

What does "Loing" mean?

As a proper noun, "Loing" means: Rivière tributaire de la Seine.

What words are commonly confused with "Loing"?

"Loing" is commonly confused with "long", "lois", "loir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "Loing"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Loing" is \lwɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Loing" come from?

"Loing" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

logic#35,132 lires#35,129 Linky#35,128 liane#35,125

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Kenji7 variants midis7 variants Othon7 variants Guyon7 variants