LRA
\ɛl.ɛʁ.a\
The verdict
“LRA” is uncommon French (frequency #73,315 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,315
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Local de rétention administrative.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lra · LRA · French
LRA · rank #73,315 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,315
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH lubriques
Nearest frequency peer: lubriques (+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 « LRA »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Louisiana
Louisiana
26,688 corpus weight
- LRA
LRA
26,686 corpus weight
- lubriques
lubriques
26,685 corpus weight
- léchage
léchage
26,684 corpus weight
- léninistes
léninistes
26,683 corpus weight
- machistes
machistes
26,679 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « LRA » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | LRA |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛl.ɛʁ.a\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #73,315 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « LRA » en français
Rare enough to double-check
LRA is uncommon French at frequency #73,315 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛl.ɛʁ.a\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Local de rétention administrative.".
LRA doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is LRA, spelled L-R-A.
Definition
- 1Local de rétention administrative.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how LRA appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans ces lieux, nos associations n'ont que peu de visibilité sur le nombre d'enfermements, les conditions matérielles et le respect du cadre légal. Leur usage est d'autant plus questionné que les personnes sont souvent mal informées de leurs droits et livrées à elles-mêmes pour tenter de les faire valoir. Ainsi, le LRA de Choisy-le-Roi a été fermé tempora…
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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