Ledoux
"ledoux" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Ledoux” is uncommon English (frequency #76,938 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,938
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from French.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ledoux · Ledoux · English
Ledoux · rank #76,938 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,938
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH lede
Nearest frequency peer: lede (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “Ledoux”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Lawford
Lawford
23,066 corpus weight
- lede
lede
23,064 corpus weight
- Ledoux
Ledoux
23,063 corpus weight
- leftward
leftward
23,062 corpus weight
- legionnaire
legionnaire
23,060 corpus weight
- leishmanias…
leishmaniasis
23,059 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Ledoux” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ledoux |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #76,938 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Ledoux” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Ledoux is uncommon English at frequency #76,938 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Ledoux in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French Ledoux. The correct English form is Ledoux, spelled L-E-D-O-U-X.
Definition
- 1A surname from French.
- 2A village in San Miguel County, New Mexico.
Etymology
Borrowed from French Ledoux.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).