lécher
\le.ʃe\
The verdict
“lécher” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,177. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,177
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Passer la langue sur quelque chose.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lecher · lécher · French
lécher · rank #15,177 · 10 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,177
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH lançant
Nearest frequency peer: lançant (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “lécher”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Jaime
Jaime
84,827 corpus weight
- jetons
jetons
84,826 corpus weight
- lançant
lançant
84,825 corpus weight
- lécher
lécher
84,824 corpus weight
- manifestant
manifestant
84,822 corpus weight
- manège
manège
84,821 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “lécher” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | lécher |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \le.ʃe\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #15,177 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lécher” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around lécher (IPA \le.ʃe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #15,177 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for lécher, with forms such as "lcéher", "lecher", and "llécher". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lever", "leger", "levier", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is lécher, spelled L-É-C-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1Passer la langue sur quelque chose.
- 2Le faire par gourmandise ou par caresse.
- 3Finir un ouvrage avec un soin excessif et minutieux.
- 4Flatter excessivement, cirer les pompes.
- 5Effleurer, en parlant de flammes ou des vagues, souvent comparées à des langues.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lécher appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le chien lèche son maître. — Un chat qui se lèche. — Les chiens guérissent leurs plaies en les léchant.
Lécher un plat. — Quand les chats ont mangé de quelque chose qu’ils trouvent bon, ils se lèchent les barbes.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- lcéher
- lecher
- llécher
- léccher
- lécehr
- lécherr
- léchher
- léchre
- léhcer
- élcher
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lécher - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "lécher", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "lécher". Here's where to go from here.
- "lécher" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "lever". View pair
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #15,177 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "L" letter cohort. L–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.