LDL
\ɛl.de.ɛl\
The verdict
“LDL” is uncommon French (frequency #66,061 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,061
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fraction de cholestérol favorisant l’artériosclérose.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ldl · LDL · French
LDL · rank #66,061 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,061
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH lazuli
Nearest frequency peer: lazuli (-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 « LDL »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Lambersart
Lambersart
33,945 corpus weight
- larrons
larrons
33,943 corpus weight
- laveuse
laveuse
33,942 corpus weight
- lazuli
lazuli
33,941 corpus weight
- LDL
LDL
33,940 corpus weight
- Lebas
Lebas
33,939 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « LDL » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | LDL |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛl.de.ɛl\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #66,061 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « LDL » en français
Rare enough to double-check
LDL is uncommon French at frequency #66,061 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛl.de.ɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fraction de cholestérol favorisant l’artériosclérose.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for LDL, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists 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 LDL, spelled L-D-L.
Definition
- 1Fraction de cholestérol favorisant l’artériosclérose.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how LDL appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ces enzymes élimineraient les fragments d'acide sialique présents dans le "mauvais" cholestérol (le LDL). Sans cet acide sialique, le cholestérol s'accumulerait de manière incontrôlée. Cet excès de mauvais cholestérol cause ensuite la formation de plaques d'athérome sur la paroi des artères.
Antonyms
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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