long

\lɔ̃\

/\lɔ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“long” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #401. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#401
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualifie des objets considérés dans leur dimension d’une extrémité à l’autre, par opposition à court.

Corpus desk

Index FR-long · long · French

long · rank #401 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #401
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH Française

Nearest frequency peer: Française (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “long”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “long” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

long vs lot
50% similar
long vs Los
25% similar
long vs lou
50% similar

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

Key facts for long
PropertyValue
Headwordlong
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\lɔ̃\
Letters4
Frequency rank#401
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “long” 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).long lands here:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around long (IPA \lɔ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #401 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for long, with forms such as "llong", "lnog", and "logn". 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, "lot", "Los", "lou", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is long, spelled L-O-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qualifie des objets considérés dans leur dimension d’une extrémité à l’autre, par opposition à court.
  2. 2
    Qui couvre une distance supérieure à la moyenne dans une de ses dimensions.
  3. 3
    Qui est d'une taille supérieure à la moyenne dans sa dimension la plus évidente.
  4. 4
    Qualifie les os dont une dimension est nettement plus grande que les deux autres.
  5. 5
    Qualifie une surface considérée dans sa plus grande dimension et par opposition à large.
  6. 6
    Qui dure longtemps.
  7. 7
    Qualifie des ouvrages de l’esprit, soit que l’on en considère l’étendue, soit qu’on ait égard au temps nécessaire pour les lire, les réciter, les entendre.
  8. 8
    Qui est lent ou tardif.
  9. 9
    Se dit d’un adjectif comportant trois syllabes (ou deux s’il ne se termine pas par le suffixe adjectival -y).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Chacun d’eux semblait aussi long que le Strand et aussi large que Trafalgar Square. Certains même devaient avoir un tiers de mille de longueur.
  2. — La perche, une perche, reprit Grangibus qui ne perdait plus le nord. Camus, parmi celles qu’on avait arrachées à une clôture voisine, choisit la plus longue et la plus solide et on la tendit à l’enlisé […]

Antonyms

courtlarge

This word in other languages

long(English)largo(Español)lang(Deutsch)longo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • llong
  • lnog
  • logn
  • longg
  • lonng
  • olng

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

llong1lnog2logn2longg1lonng1olng2
Edit distance from "long"

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.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "long"?
"long" is spelled L-O-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is \lɔ̃\.
What does "long" mean?
As an adjective, "long" means: Qualifie des objets considérés dans leur dimension d’une extrémité à l’autre, par opposition à court.
What words are commonly confused with "long"?
"long" is commonly confused with "lot", "Los", "lou". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "long"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "long" is \lɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "long" come from?
"long" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

aide#397vite#406afin#395yeux#407

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

amour6 variantstype6 variantsplan6 variantsnord6 variants

What to do next

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  • "long" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "lot". View pair
  • 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
  • Usage frequency rank #401 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
  • Browse more French words in the "L" letter cohort. L–Z browse

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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