longboard
\lɔ̃ŋ.bɔʁd\
The verdict
“longboard” is uncommon French (frequency #66,880 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,880
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grand surf, d’environ 2,76 m de long.
Corpus desk
Index FR-longboard · longboard · French
longboard · rank #66,880 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,880
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH Lorelei
Nearest frequency peer: Lorelei (+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 « longboard »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- ligueurs
ligueurs
33,124 corpus weight
- Llorente
Llorente
33,123 corpus weight
- longboard
longboard
33,121 corpus weight
- Lorelei
Lorelei
33,120 corpus weight
- louveteaux
louveteaux
33,119 corpus weight
- lucha
lucha
33,118 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « longboard » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | longboard |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lɔ̃ŋ.bɔʁd\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #66,880 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « longboard » en français
Rare enough to double-check
longboard is uncommon French at frequency #66,880 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \lɔ̃ŋ.bɔʁd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for longboard in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is longboard, spelled L-O-N-G-B-O-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1Grand surf, d’environ 2,76 m de long.
- 2Grande planche à roulettes, de 0,9 à 1,5 m de long.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how longboard appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le longboard est similaire au surf mais s’effectue avec des planches longues et larges, ressemblant aux planches des années soixante.
Dérivé du surf, le stand up paddle est sans aucun doute la discipline la plus accessible et la plus abordable. Cette planche plus longue et plus large qu’un longboard (grande planche de surf) classique se déplace à l’aide d’une pagaie.
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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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