Lorris

\lɔ.ʁis\

/\lɔ.ʁis\/ name

The verdict

“Lorris” is uncommon French (frequency #82,200 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,200
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département du Loiret.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lorris · Lorris · French

Lorris · rank #82,200 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,200
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH lotos

Nearest frequency peer: lotos (+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 « Lorris »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Lorris » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Lorris
PropertyValue
HeadwordLorris
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\lɔ.ʁis\
Letters6
Frequency rank#82,200
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Lorris » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Lorristombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « lotos » (#82,201), « longa » (#82,198), « lâchetés » (#82,202). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « Lorris » est au #82,200. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Lorris is uncommon French at frequency #82,200 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \lɔ.ʁis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Lorris, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Lorris, spelled L-O-R-R-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune française, située dans le département du Loiret.
  2. 2
    Canton français, situé dans le département du Loiret.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La commune peut ne comprendre qu'un chef-lieu, ainsi dans l'ouest aux abords de la Beauce, Desmonts et Courcelles, ou, un chef-lieu et une multitude d'écarts (maisons isolées, groupements élémentaires et localités autres que le chef-lieu…), dans le pays bocager aux allures de Puisaye. Lorris n'en compte pas moins de 83 et Montereau 111.

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 "Lorris"?
"Lorris" is spelled L-O-R-R-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \lɔ.ʁis\.
What does "Lorris" mean?
As a proper noun, "Lorris" means: Commune française, située dans le département du Loiret.
How do you pronounce "Lorris"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Lorris" is \lɔ.ʁis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Lorris" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list