laide

\lɛd\

/\lɛd\/ adj

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The verdict

“laide” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,520. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,520
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de laid.

Corpus desk

Index FR-laide · laide · French

laide · rank #18,520 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,520
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH Lagarde

Nearest frequency peer: Lagarde (-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 « laide »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « laide » 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).

laide vs lie
60% similar
laide vs lire
60% similar
laide vs lait
60% similar

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

Key facts for laide
PropertyValue
Headwordlaide
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\lɛd\
Letters5
Frequency rank#18,520
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « laide »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).laidese 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 « Lagarde » (#18,519), « laisserai » (#18,521), « knight » (#18,518). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « laide » est au #18,520. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around laide (IPA \lɛd\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #18,520 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de laid.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for laide, with forms such as "alide", "ladie", and "laidde". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lie", "lire", "lait", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is laide, spelled L-A-I-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de laid.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Avant de descendre dans son caveau, le financier-marquis a légué à la municipalité de Gênes un palais, le palais Brignolesale, dit il palazzo rosso, à cause de la couleur rouge-brique, assez laide, dont on l’a bardouflé du sol au faite, plus quinze millions pour agrandir le port.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • alide
  • ladie
  • laidde
  • laied
  • liade
  • llaide

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of laide - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

alide2ladie2laidde1laied2liade2llaide1
Edit distance from "laide"

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 "laide"?
"laide" is spelled L-A-I-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \lɛd\.
What does "laide" mean?
As an adjective, "laide" means: Féminin singulier de laid.
What words are commonly confused with "laide"?
"laide" is commonly confused with "lie", "lire", "lait". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "laide"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "laide" is \lɛd\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "laide" come from?
"laide" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

lars6 variantskick6 variantsgran6 variantsfunk6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list