leadership

\li.dœʁ.ʃip\

/\li.dœʁ.ʃip\/ noun

The verdict

“leadership” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,245. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,245
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
15
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Autorité exercée par une personne ou groupe de personnes sur un groupe qu’elle ou il représente.

Corpus desk

Index FR-leadership · leadership · French

leadership · rank #11,245 · 15 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,245
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH LCI

Nearest frequency peer: LCI (-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 « leadership »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « leadership » 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
Key facts for leadership
PropertyValue
Headwordleadership
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\li.dœʁ.ʃip\
Letters10
Frequency rank#11,245
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « leadership »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).leadershipse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « LCI » (#11,244), « libanais » (#11,246), « lavage » (#11,243). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « leadership » est au #11,245. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around leadership (IPA \li.dœʁ.ʃip\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,245 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Autorité exercée par une personne ou groupe de personnes sur un groupe qu’elle ou il représente.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for leadership, with forms such as "eladership", "laedership", and "leaddership". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is leadership, spelled L-E-A-D-E-R-S-H-I-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    Autorité exercée par une personne ou groupe de personnes sur un groupe qu’elle ou il représente.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. "Nous sommes mis à l'épreuve, nos institutions, nos leaderships, nous sommes mis à l'épreuve par une citoyenneté qui est plus sûre d'elle, qui exige de plus importants niveaux de participation et d'égalité", a déclaré le président.
  2. C’est quelqu’un qui a su faire grandir les entreprises et les équipes avec un leadership de dingue, et une volonté de préserver l’ADN de la boite.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eladership
  • laedership
  • leaddership
  • leaderhsip
  • leaderrship
  • leadershhip
  • leadershipp
  • leadershpi
  • leadersihp
  • leadersship
  • leadesrhip
  • leadreship
  • leaedrship
  • ledaership
  • lleadership

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of leadership - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

eladership2laedership2leaddership1leaderhsip2leaderrship1leadershhip1leadershipp1leadershpi2
Edit distance from "leadership"

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 "leadership"?
"leadership" is spelled L-E-A-D-E-R-S-H-I-P. The IPA pronunciation is \li.dœʁ.ʃip\.
What does "leadership" mean?
As a noun, "leadership" means: Autorité exercée par une personne ou groupe de personnes sur un groupe qu’elle ou il représente.
What are common misspellings of "leadership"?
Common misspellings include "eladership", "laedership", "leaddership", "leaderhsip", "leaderrship". The correct spelling is "leadership".
How do you pronounce "leadership"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "leadership" is \li.dœʁ.ʃip\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "leadership" come from?
"leadership" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list