Ludlow

name

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The verdict

“Ludlow” is uncommon French (frequency #65,285 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,285
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville d’Angleterre située dans le district du Shropshire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ludlow · Ludlow · French

Ludlow · rank #65,285 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,285
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH loyaliste

Nearest frequency peer: loyaliste (-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 « Ludlow »

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 « Ludlow » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Ludlow
PropertyValue
HeadwordLudlow
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters6
Frequency rank#65,285
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Ludlow » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Ludlowtombe 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: « loyaliste » (#65,284), « luxembourgeoises » (#65,286), « Lorientais » (#65,283). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « Ludlow » est au #65,285. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Ludlow is uncommon French at frequency #65,285 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ville d’Angleterre située dans le district du Shropshire.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Ludlow in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Ludlow, spelled L-U-D-L-O-W.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ville d’Angleterre située dans le district du Shropshire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Je revois la même dans le lit à baldaquin d’une vieille maison délabrée, à Ludlow, parlant de Shakespeare qu’elle imagine répétant avec ses acteurs, ou plutôt lui parlant comme si elle était là.

This word in other languages

Ludlow(English)

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 "Ludlow"?
"Ludlow" is spelled L-U-D-L-O-W.
What does "Ludlow" mean?
As a proper noun, "Ludlow" means: Ville d’Angleterre située dans le district du Shropshire.
What language does "Ludlow" come from?
"Ludlow" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Lisbon#65,280linear#65,278matata#65,298Mathew#65,299

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list