longue

\lɔ̃ɡ\

/\lɔ̃ɡ\/ noun

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The verdict

“longue” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #880. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#880
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Syllabe, voyelle dont la prononciation doit avoir plus de durée que celle d’une syllabe, d’une voyelle brève.

Corpus desk

Index FR-longue · longue · French

longue · rank #880 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #880
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH joueur

Nearest frequency peer: joueur (-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 « longue »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « longue » 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).

longue vs loue
67% similar
longue vs loque
67% similar
longue vs lounge
67% similar

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

Key facts for longue
PropertyValue
Headwordlongue
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\lɔ̃ɡ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#880
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « longue »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).longuese 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 « joueur » (#879), « nécessaire » (#881), « impossible » (#878). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « longue » est au #880. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around longue (IPA \lɔ̃ɡ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #880 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for longue, with forms such as "llongue", "lnogue", and "lognue". 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, "loue", "loque", "lounge", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is longue, spelled L-O-N-G-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Syllabe, voyelle dont la prononciation doit avoir plus de durée que celle d’une syllabe, d’une voyelle brève.
  2. 2
    Figure de note dont la valeur est égale à la moitié d’une maxime ou deux brèves.
  3. 3
    Autre appellation du jeu provençal (ainsi que du sport-boules, par emprunt), jeu de boules où le but est lancé sur une grande distance de l’ordre de 15 à 25 mètres, par opposition au jeu court incarné par la pétanque.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En français, a était une longue dans pâte et une brève dans rate.
  2. Le dactyle est composé d’une longue et de deux brèves.

Antonyms

brève

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • llongue
  • lnogue
  • lognue
  • longeu
  • longgue
  • lonngue
  • lonuge
  • olngue

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of longue - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

llongue1lnogue2lognue2longeu2longgue1lonngue1lonuge2olngue2
Edit distance from "longue"

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 "longue"?
"longue" is spelled L-O-N-G-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \lɔ̃ɡ\.
What does "longue" mean?
As a noun, "longue" means: Syllabe, voyelle dont la prononciation doit avoir plus de durée que celle d’une syllabe, d’une voyelle brève.
What words are commonly confused with "longue"?
"longue" is commonly confused with "loue", "loque", "lounge". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "longue"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "longue" is \lɔ̃ɡ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "longue" come from?
"longue" 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 "longue", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

joueur#879porter#883finale#876samedi#885

Similar misspelling depth

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

style8 variantsdevait8 variantsterrain8 variantscréer8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list