lawyers

\ˈlɔɪ.ɚz\

/\ˈlɔɪ.ɚz\/ noun

The verdict

“lawyers” is uncommon French (frequency #91,877 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,877
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de lawyer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lawyers · lawyers · French

lawyers · rank #91,877 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,877
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH lavons

Nearest frequency peer: lavons (-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 « lawyers »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « lawyers » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for lawyers
PropertyValue
Headwordlawyers
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈlɔɪ.ɚz\
Letters7
Frequency rank#91,877
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « lawyers » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).lawyerstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « lavons » (#91,876), « lazaristes » (#91,878), « Lavisse » (#91,875). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « lawyers » est au #91,877. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

lawyers is uncommon French at frequency #91,877 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈlɔɪ.ɚz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de lawyer.".

lawyers has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is lawyers, spelled L-A-W-Y-E-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de lawyer.

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 "lawyers"?
"lawyers" is spelled L-A-W-Y-E-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈlɔɪ.ɚz\.
What does "lawyers" mean?
As a noun, "lawyers" means: Pluriel de lawyer.
How do you pronounce "lawyers"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lawyers" is \ˈlɔɪ.ɚz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list