laid

\lɛ\

/\lɛ\/ adj

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The verdict

“laid” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,805. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,805
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a quelque défaut qui se remarque dans les proportions, dans les formes ou dans les couleurs qui constituent la beauté chez les hommes et chez les animaux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-laid · laid · French

laid · rank #12,805 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,805
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH Karen

Nearest frequency peer: Karen (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « laid »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « laid » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

laid vs Li
25% similar
laid vs ld
50% similar
laid vs lui
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for laid
PropertyValue
Headwordlaid
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\lɛ\
Letters4
Frequency rank#12,805
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « laid »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.laidse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Karen » (#12,804), « loupe » (#12,806), « Joël » (#12,803). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « laid » est au #12,805. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around laid (IPA \lɛ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #12,805 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for laid, with forms such as "alid", "ladi", and "laidd". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Li", "ld", "lui", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 laid, spelled L-A-I-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a quelque défaut qui se remarque dans les proportions, dans les formes ou dans les couleurs qui constituent la beauté chez les hommes et chez les animaux.
  2. 2
    Qui est désagréable à voir.
  3. 3
    Qui est déshonnête, contraire à la bienséance, au devoir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On me tenait pour laide en général avec ma maigreur, ma bouche trop grande, mes vilaines dents, mon visage asymétrique, mon nez de travers. Me voilà belle à cette heure, et tous les hommes me le disent.
  2. C'est M. Lefèvre, l’ancien acteur des Variétés, qui a fait éclore un jour cette phrase dans la bouche de mademoiselle Juliette, une figurante laide et rousse qu'Odry, par antiphrase, appelait Joliette.

Synonyms

mochelaitte

Antonyms

beau

This word in other languages

ugly(English)feo(Español)hässlich(Deutsch)feio(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • alid
  • ladi
  • laidd
  • liad
  • llaid

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of laid - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

alid2ladi2laidd1liad2llaid1
Edit distance from "laid"

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 "laid"?
"laid" is spelled L-A-I-D. The IPA pronunciation is \lɛ\.
What does "laid" mean?
As an adjective, "laid" means: Qui a quelque défaut qui se remarque dans les proportions, dans les formes ou dans les couleurs qui constituent la beauté chez les hommes et chez les animaux.
What words are commonly confused with "laid"?
"laid" is commonly confused with "Li", "ld", "lui". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "laid"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "laid" is \lɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "laid" come from?
"laid" 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 "laid", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Joël#12,803hope#12,794Name#12,825pick#12,833

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

scie5 variantsversa5 variantsaxel5 variantsArras5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list