leak

\lik\

/\lik\/ noun

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The verdict

“leak” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #38,893) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#38,893
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fuite d’informations confidentielles.

Corpus desk

Index FR-leak · leak · French

leak · rank #38,893 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,893
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH lavement

Nearest frequency peer: lavement (-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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « leak »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « leak » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

leak vs les
50% similar
leak vs Lee
25% similar
leak vs leo
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for leak
PropertyValue
Headwordleak
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\lik\
Letters4
Frequency rank#38,893
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « leak »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.leakse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « lavement » (#38,892), « Leclercq » (#38,894), « lesdites » (#38,895). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « leak » est au #38,893. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for leak is neighbouring look-alikes ("les", "Lee", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \lik\. Frequency #38,893 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Gloss: "Fuite d’informations confidentielles.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for leak, with forms such as "elak", "leakk", and "leka". 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. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "les", "Lee", "leo", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 leak, spelled L-E-A-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fuite d’informations confidentielles.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. la face cachée des « leaks » serait, la plupart du temps, à rechercher dans la stratégie offensive de cabinets d'avocats prêts à défendre, par tous les moyens, les intérêts de leurs clients.
  2. C’est le cauchemar des riches et des puissants qui recourent à des paradis fiscaux pour dissimuler leurs avoirs aux regards indiscrets : un leak, une fuite massive de données confidentielles, qui jette une lumière crue sur leurs secrets.

This word in other languages

leak(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • elak
  • leakk
  • leka
  • lleak

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of leak - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

elak2leakk1leka2lleak1
Edit distance from "leak"

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 "leak"?
"leak" is spelled L-E-A-K. The IPA pronunciation is \lik\.
What does "leak" mean?
As a noun, "leak" means: Fuite d’informations confidentielles.
What words are commonly confused with "leak"?
"leak" is commonly confused with "les", "Lee", "leo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "leak"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "leak" is \lik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "leak" come from?
"leak" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

kool#38,884iota#38,870mins#38,919mole#38,923

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list