lebel

/\lə.bɛl\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#31,577

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

lebel is aFrenchnoun. It means: Fusil qui équipa les armées françaises dans les deux guerres mondiales. Pronounced \lə.bɛl\. Often confused with Lee and lobe.

Key facts for lebel
PropertyValue
Headwordlebel
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\lə.bɛl\
Letters5
Frequency rank#31,577
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of lebel in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for lebel is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \lə.bɛl\. Corpus data places it at rank #31,577 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Fusil qui équipa les armées françaises dans les deux guerres mondiales.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for lebel, with forms such as "elbel", "lbeel", and "lebbel". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "Lee", "lobe", "leve", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is lebel, spelled L-E-B-E-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fusil qui équipa les armées françaises dans les deux guerres mondiales.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: elbel,lbeel,lebbel,lebell,leble,leebl,llebel

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for lebel

Misspelling Variants of "lebel"

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Misspelling Variants of "lebel"

Frequency rank: #31,577 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lebel"?
"lebel" is spelled L-E-B-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is \lə.bɛl\.
What does "lebel" mean?
As a noun, "lebel" means: Fusil qui équipa les armées françaises dans les deux guerres mondiales.
What words are commonly confused with "lebel"?
"lebel" is commonly confused with "Lee", "lobe", "leve". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lebel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lebel" is \lə.bɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lebel" come from?
"lebel" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.