learn
\lɜːn\
The verdict
“learn” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,873. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,873
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Apprendre, acquérir une connaissance.
Corpus desk
Index FR-learn · learn · French
learn · rank #39,873 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,873
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH layout
Nearest frequency peer: layout (-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 « learn »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- lapidaire
lapidaire
60,131 corpus weight
- Lavoisier
Lavoisier
60,130 corpus weight
- layout
layout
60,129 corpus weight
- learn
learn
60,128 corpus weight
- Lefort
Lefort
60,127 corpus weight
- leurrer
leurrer
60,126 corpus weight
What this shows « learn » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | learn |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \lɜːn\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #39,873 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « learn »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around learn (IPA \lɜːn\), averb. Corpus frequency is #39,873 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for learn, with forms such as "elarn", "laern", and "leanr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ler", "leur", "leurs", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is learn, spelled L-E-A-R-N.
Definition
- 1Apprendre, acquérir une connaissance.
- 2Apprendre, acquérir une habitude.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how learn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
We have to learn French in school.
He refuses to learn to say thank you.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elarn
- laern
- leanr
- learnn
- learrn
- leran
- llearn
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of learn - 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.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).