leaves
\ˈlivz\
The verdict
“leaves” is uncommon French (frequency #74,948 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,948
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de leaf.
Corpus desk
Index FR-leaves · leaves · French
leaves · rank #74,948 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,948
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH learned
Nearest frequency peer: learned (-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 « leaves »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Laureline
Laureline
25,055 corpus weight
- learned
learned
25,054 corpus weight
- leaves
leaves
25,053 corpus weight
- Lecce
Lecce
25,052 corpus weight
- leisure
leisure
25,051 corpus weight
- lenticulaire
lenticulaire
25,050 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « leaves » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | leaves |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈlivz\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #74,948 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « leaves » en français
Rare enough to double-check
leaves is uncommon French at frequency #74,948 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈlivz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de leaf.".
leaves has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is leaves, spelled L-E-A-V-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de leaf.
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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