luron
\ly.ʁɔ̃\
The verdict
“luron” is uncommon French (frequency #69,991 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,991
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif à Lure, commune française située en Haute-Saône ou à ses habitants.
Corpus desk
Index FR-luron · luron · French
luron · rank #69,991 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,991
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH lugubres
Nearest frequency peer: lugubres (-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 « luron »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- lobster
lobster
30,014 corpus weight
- looping
looping
30,012 corpus weight
- lugubres
lugubres
30,011 corpus weight
- luron
luron
30,010 corpus weight
- lynchages
lynchages
30,009 corpus weight
- lèveront
lèveront
30,007 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « luron » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | luron |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ly.ʁɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #69,991 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « luron » en français
Rare enough to double-check
luron is uncommon French at frequency #69,991 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ly.ʁɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relatif à Lure, commune française située en Haute-Saône ou à ses habitants.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for luron, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is luron, spelled L-U-R-O-N.
Definition
- 1Relatif à Lure, commune française située en Haute-Saône ou à ses habitants.
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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