Leclerc
\lə.klɛʁ\
The verdict
“Leclerc” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,722. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,722
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-leclerc · Leclerc · French
Leclerc · rank #7,722 · 11 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,722
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH Laser
Nearest frequency peer: Laser (-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 « Leclerc »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- inédit
inédit
92,282 corpus weight
- jupe
jupe
92,281 corpus weight
- Laser
Laser
92,280 corpus weight
- Leclerc
Leclerc
92,279 corpus weight
- loyers
loyers
92,278 corpus weight
- mafia
mafia
92,277 corpus weight
What this shows « Leclerc » 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 | Leclerc |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \lə.klɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #7,722 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Leclerc »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Leclerc (IPA \lə.klɛʁ\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #7,722 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Leclerc, with forms such as "elclerc", "lcelerc", and "lecclerc". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Leclercq", "lécher", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Leclerc, spelled L-E-C-L-E-R-C.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Leclerc appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Max Verstappen, parti 7ᵉ, a profité d’une fin de course passée sous le régime de la safety car, alors qu’il occupait la première place, pour l’emporter devant Charles Leclerc.
Michel-Édouard Leclerc, président du comité stratégique des centres E. Leclerc, est incontournable depuis que les tickets de caisse trônent au premier rang des préoccupations des Français.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elclerc
- lcelerc
- lecclerc
- lecelrc
- leclecr
- leclercc
- leclerrc
- lecllerc
- leclrec
- lelcerc
- lleclerc
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Leclerc - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Leclerc", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).