2l
\ˈɛjl\
The verdict
“2l” sits in 8 confusable pairs (corpus #38,620) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #38,620
- frequency rank, French
- 15
- “2” headwords
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2ᵉ, deuxième, second.
Corpus desk
Index FR-2l · 2l · French
2l · rank #38,620 · 0 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,620
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 15
- PHOTO-FINISH œuvrant
Nearest frequency peer: œuvrant (-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.
Voisins de fréquence du confusable « 2l »
Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous
- épater
épater
61,385 corpus weight
- Épinal
Épinal
61,384 corpus weight
- évaluent
évaluent
61,383 corpus weight
- œuvrant
œuvrant
61,382 corpus weight
- 2l
2l
61,381 corpus weight
- able
able
61,378 corpus weight
What this shows Les barres placent « 2l » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | 2l |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈɛjl\ |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #38,620 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rang de corpus près des confusables de « 2l »
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for 2l is neighbouring look-alikes ("2nd", "2", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced \ˈɛjl\. Frequency #38,620 among 15 “2” headwords. Gloss: "2ᵉ, deuxième, second.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for 2l, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "2nd", "2", "2e", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is 2l, spelled 2-L.
Definition
- 12ᵉ, deuxième, second.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how 2l appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
2ˡ trimiziad 1958
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.