longuet

\lɔ̃.ɡɛ\

/\lɔ̃.ɡɛ\/ noun

The verdict

“longuet” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,899. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,899
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit marteau utilisé par les facteurs de piano pour enfoncer les chevilles dans la table.

Corpus desk

Index FR-longuet · longuet · French

longuet · rank #38,899 · 10 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,899
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH livrera

Nearest frequency peer: livrera (-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 « longuet »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « longuet » 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).

longuet vs longueur
75% similar
longuet vs longe
71% similar
longuet vs langue
71% similar

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

Key facts for longuet
PropertyValue
Headwordlonguet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\lɔ̃.ɡɛ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#38,899
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « longuet »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).longuetse 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 « livrera » (#38,898), « Lothaire » (#38,900), « louait » (#38,901). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « longuet » est au #38,899. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around longuet (IPA \lɔ̃.ɡɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,899 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for longuet, with forms such as "llonguet", "lnoguet", and "lognuet". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "longueur", "longe", "langue", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is longuet, spelled L-O-N-G-U-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petit marteau utilisé par les facteurs de piano pour enfoncer les chevilles dans la table.
  2. 2
    Petit pain allongé avec peu de mie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Vous l’aimez grillé votre longuet ?

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • llonguet
  • lnoguet
  • lognuet
  • longeut
  • longguet
  • longuett
  • longute
  • lonnguet
  • lonuget
  • olnguet

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of longuet - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

llonguet1lnoguet2lognuet2longeut2longguet1longuett1longute2lonnguet1
Edit distance from "longuet"

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 "longuet"?
"longuet" is spelled L-O-N-G-U-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \lɔ̃.ɡɛ\.
What does "longuet" mean?
As a noun, "longuet" means: Petit marteau utilisé par les facteurs de piano pour enfoncer les chevilles dans la table.
What words are commonly confused with "longuet"?
"longuet" is commonly confused with "longueur", "longe", "langue". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "longuet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "longuet" is \lɔ̃.ɡɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "longuet" come from?
"longuet" 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 "longuet", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list