longs

\lɔ̃\

/\lɔ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“longs” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,271. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,271
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de long.

Corpus desk

Index FR-longs · longs · French

longs · rank #3,271 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,271
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH littéraire

Nearest frequency peer: littéraire (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « longs »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « longs » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

longs vs Los
40% similar
longs vs lors
60% similar
longs vs lots
60% similar

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

Key facts for longs
PropertyValue
Headwordlongs
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\lɔ̃\
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,271
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « longs »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).longsse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « littéraire » (#3,270), « magique » (#3,272), « jouent » (#3,269). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « longs » est au #3,271. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around longs (IPA \lɔ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,271 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de long.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for longs, with forms such as "llongs", "lnogs", and "logns". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Los", "lors", "lots", 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 its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is longs, spelled L-O-N-G-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de long.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il y eut certes des juifs qui s’adonnèrent au commerce, et qui poursuivirent des négoces importants. Mais pendant de longs siècles le commerce n’est pas l’occupation principale des juifs. Le commerce de l’argent, si décrié par le Talmud, encore moins que les autres.
  2. Je vis un yogi gentil qui était tout encendré et nu, accroupi devant un feu de bouses sèches, et prenait de la cendre de ce feu et s’en saupoudrait tout le corps, ayant les cheveux longs comme une femme, et encendrés, avec des cornes au bout d’un bâton fort grandes et tortillées, qu’il tenait par-dessus ses épaules.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • llongs
  • lnogs
  • logns
  • longgs
  • longss
  • lonngs
  • lonsg
  • olngs

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

llongs1lnogs2logns2longgs1longss1lonngs1lonsg2olngs2
Edit distance from "longs"

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 "longs"?
"longs" is spelled L-O-N-G-S. The IPA pronunciation is \lɔ̃\.
What does "longs" mean?
As an adjective, "longs" means: Masculin pluriel de long.
What words are commonly confused with "longs"?
"longs" is commonly confused with "Los", "lors", "lots". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "longs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "longs" is \lɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "longs" come from?
"longs" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fruit#3,262foyer#3,260fondé#3,259envoi#3,252

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

jouent8 variantsinconnu8 variantshumeur8 variantsétoile8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list