layer
\lɛ.je\
The verdict
“layer” is uncommon French (frequency #61,653 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,653
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tracer une route, une laie dans une forêt.
Corpus desk
Index FR-layer · layer · French
layer · rank #61,653 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,653
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH lavoirs
Nearest frequency peer: lavoirs (-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 « layer »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- lampions
lampions
38,352 corpus weight
- Latifa
Latifa
38,351 corpus weight
- lauder
lauder
38,350 corpus weight
- lavoirs
lavoirs
38,349 corpus weight
- layer
layer
38,348 corpus weight
- lett
lett
38,344 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « layer » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | layer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \lɛ.je\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #61,653 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « layer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
layer is uncommon French at frequency #61,653 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \lɛ.je\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for layer in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is layer, spelled L-A-Y-E-R.
Definition
- 1Tracer une route, une laie dans une forêt.
- 2Séparer par une voie une partie de bois destinée à être vendue.
- 3Marquer les bois qui doivent être épargnés dans une coupe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how layer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Layer un bois, une forêt.
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.
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