ld
The verdict
“ld” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #33,328) as a symbol. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #33,328
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Symbole du logarithme binaire (à base 2).
Corpus desk
Index FR-ld · ld · French
ld · rank #33,328 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #33,328
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH leah
Nearest frequency peer: leah (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “ld”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- latte
latte
66,677 corpus weight
- Lavigne
Lavigne
66,676 corpus weight
- Lavoie
Lavoie
66,675 corpus weight
- ld
ld
66,673 corpus weight
- leah
leah
66,672 corpus weight
- Lemieux
Lemieux
66,671 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ld” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | ld |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Symbol |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #33,328 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ld” sits in French frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for ld is neighbouring look-alikes ("le", "Lu", …), not just typos; it is asymbol. Frequency #33,328 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Gloss: "Symbole du logarithme binaire (à base 2).".
ld doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "le", "Lu", "Li", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 ld, spelled L-D.
Definition
- 1Symbole du logarithme binaire (à base 2).
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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- "ld" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "le". View pair
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.