Loiselle
The verdict
“Loiselle” is uncommon French (frequency #99,303 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,303
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-loiselle · Loiselle · French
Loiselle · rank #99,303 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,303
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH loucheur
Nearest frequency peer: loucheur (+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 « Loiselle »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- lobotomisés
lobotomisés
702 corpus weight
- loche
loche
701 corpus weight
- Locronan
Locronan
700 corpus weight
- Loiselle
Loiselle
698 corpus weight
- loucheur
loucheur
697 corpus weight
- louder
louder
696 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Loiselle » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Loiselle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #99,303 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Loiselle » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Loiselle is uncommon French at frequency #99,303 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Loiselle in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Loiselle, spelled L-O-I-S-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Loiselle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hélène Loiselle, actrice québécoise.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).