longe

/\lɔ̃ʒ\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#17,469

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

longe is aFrenchnoun. It means: Longue corde pour le dressage des chevaux. Pronounced \lɔ̃ʒ\. Often confused with lune and love.

Key facts for longe
PropertyValue
Headwordlonge
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\lɔ̃ʒ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#17,469
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of longe in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for longe is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \lɔ̃ʒ\. Corpus data places it at rank #17,469 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for longe, with forms such as "llonge", "lnoge", and "logne". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lune", "love", "loue", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is longe, spelled L-O-N-G-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Longue corde pour le dressage des chevaux.
  2. 2
    Corde utilisée pour mener les animaux de ferme.
  3. 3
    Petite corde ou lanière de cuir qu'on noue au pied de l'oiseau pour l'empêcher de s'envoler quand il n'est pas assuré.
  4. 4
    Courte corde utilisée en alpinisme, spéléologie, et dans des travaux en hauteur, servant à relier le baudrier à un point d’ancrage sécurisé.
  5. 5
    Partie d’un fouet fait en général de cuir tressé, qui prolonge le manche et auquel s’attache la mèche.
  6. 6
    Petite embarcation de bord.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: llonge,lnoge,logne,loneg,longge,lonnge,olnge

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for longe

Misspelling Variants of "longe"

llonge6lnoge5logne5loneg5longge6lonnge6olnge5
Misspelling Variants of "longe"

Frequency rank: #17,469 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "longe"?
"longe" is spelled L-O-N-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \lɔ̃ʒ\.
What does "longe" mean?
As a noun, "longe" means: Longue corde pour le dressage des chevaux.
What words are commonly confused with "longe"?
"longe" is commonly confused with "lune", "love", "loue". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "longe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "longe" is \lɔ̃ʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "longe" come from?
"longe" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.