lectio
The verdict
“lectio” is uncommon French (frequency #84,012 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,012
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cueillette.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lectio · lectio · French
lectio · rank #84,012 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,012
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH laïcisme
Nearest frequency peer: laïcisme (-4 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 « lectio »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- lav
lav
15,995 corpus weight
- lavable
lavable
15,994 corpus weight
- laïcisme
laïcisme
15,993 corpus weight
- lectio
lectio
15,989 corpus weight
- levai
levai
15,984 corpus weight
- Libramont
Libramont
15,983 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « lectio » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lectio |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #84,012 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « lectio » en français
Rare enough to double-check
lectio is uncommon French at frequency #84,012 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
lectio doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is lectio, spelled L-E-C-T-I-O.
Definition
- 1Cueillette.
- 2Lecture.
- 3Choix.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how lectio appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Deux interprétations sont possibles de ce sens de vāsayituṁ : une lectio minima et une lectio maxima.
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 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).