lopin
\lɔ.pɛ̃\
The verdict
“lopin” is uncommon French (frequency #50,947 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,947
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petite parcelle de terrain.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lopin · lopin · French
lopin · rank #50,947 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,947
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH longitudinal
Nearest frequency peer: longitudinal (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « lopin »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Lisbeth
Lisbeth
49,058 corpus weight
- loan
loan
49,056 corpus weight
- longitudinal
longitudinal
49,055 corpus weight
- lopin
lopin
49,054 corpus weight
- lor
lor
49,053 corpus weight
- lynché
lynché
49,051 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « lopin » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lopin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lɔ.pɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #50,947 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « lopin » en français
Rare enough to double-check
lopin is uncommon French at frequency #50,947 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \lɔ.pɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for lopin in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is lopin, spelled L-O-P-I-N.
Definition
- 1Petite parcelle de terrain.
- 2Petite partie d'héritage.
- 3Portion de quelque chose.
- 4Nom d'une enveloppe de tôle ou de vieux fer mince, renfermant de petits bouts de fer ou grains; on met cette enveloppe au feu et on la forge pour n'en faire qu'un tout.
- 5Morceau de fer destiné à être façonné.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lopin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« Voyez, dit-elle, les prodiges qu’accomplit le paysan dès qu’il devient propriétaire du sol qu’il cultive ; voyez comment il pioche et remue son lopin, quelles récoltes il retire d’une terre très souvent ingrate ! […] »
Lorsqu’un paysan trouve une graine nouvelle, il l’essaie d’abord sur un petit lopin ; si elle prend, il peut se permettre de la semer sur tous ses champs.
This word in other languages
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.
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