Loison

name

The verdict

“Loison” is uncommon French (frequency #68,428 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,428
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-loison · Loison · French

Loison · rank #68,428 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,428
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH Loana

Nearest frequency peer: Loana (-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 « Loison »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Loison
PropertyValue
HeadwordLoison
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters6
Frequency rank#68,428
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Loison » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Loisontombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Loana » (#68,427), « lorgnette » (#68,429), « loua » (#68,430). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « Loison » est au #68,428. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Loison is uncommon French at frequency #68,428 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Loison, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Loison, spelled L-O-I-S-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Vainqueur en IRC 3 sur Léon, co-skippé avec Guillaume Pirouelle, Alexis Loison remporte sa 5e Rolex Fastnet Race, vendredi 13 août 2021.

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 "Loison"?
"Loison" is spelled L-O-I-S-O-N.
What does "Loison" mean?
As a proper noun, "Loison" means: Nom de famille.
What language does "Loison" come from?
"Loison" 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 "Loison", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list