longues

/\lɔ̃ɡ\/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,627

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

longues is anFrenchadj. It means: Féminin pluriel de long. Pronounced \lɔ̃ɡ\. It ranks #2,627 in French word frequency. Often confused with loués and longuet.

Key facts for longues
PropertyValue
Headwordlongues
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\lɔ̃ɡ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,627
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for longues is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \lɔ̃ɡ\. Corpus data places it at rank #2,627 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Féminin pluriel de long.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for longues, with forms such as "llongues", "lnogues", and "lognues". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "loués", "longuet", "longueur", 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 longues, spelled L-O-N-G-U-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de long.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: llongues,lnogues,lognues,longeus,longgues,longuess,longuse,lonngues,lonuges,olngues

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for longues

Misspelling Variants of "longues"

llongues8lnogues7lognues7longeus7longgues8longuess8longuse7lonngues8
Misspelling Variants of "longues"

Frequency rank: #2,627 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "longues"?
"longues" is spelled L-O-N-G-U-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \lɔ̃ɡ\.
What does "longues" mean?
As an adj, "longues" means: Féminin pluriel de long.
What words are commonly confused with "longues"?
"longues" is commonly confused with "loués", "longuet", "longueur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "longues"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "longues" is \lɔ̃ɡ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "longues" come from?
"longues" 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.