Leduc

\lə.dyk\

/\lə.dyk\/ name

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The verdict

“Leduc” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,424. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,424
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille, notamment au Québec et en France.

Corpus desk

Index FR-leduc · Leduc · French

Leduc · rank #26,424 · 7 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,424
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH Lindsey

Nearest frequency peer: Lindsey (+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 « Leduc »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Leduc » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Leduc vs leur
40% similar
Leduc vs lègue
20% similar
Leduc vs led
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Leduc
PropertyValue
HeadwordLeduc
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\lə.dyk\
Letters5
Frequency rank#26,424
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Leduc »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Leducse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Lindsey » (#26,425), « lagos » (#26,421), « Lacombe » (#26,420). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « Leduc » est au #26,424. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Leduc (IPA \lə.dyk\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #26,424 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille, notamment au Québec et en France.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Leduc, with forms such as "elduc", "ldeuc", and "ledcu". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "leur", "lègue", "led", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Leduc, spelled L-E-D-U-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille, notamment au Québec et en France.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Leduc appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Avec : Daniel Leduc, Sophie Raynaud, Théo Dusoulié ou Hermann Marchand, Marguerite Dabrin, Marie-Laure Girard ou Maïlis Jeunesse, Olivier Girard, Frédéric Habéra ou Yves Roux.
  2. La progression fulgurante d’Audrey Leduc s’est amorcée il y a tout près d’un an, une éclosion pour la nouvelle tête d’affiche du sprint au Canada.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • elduc
  • ldeuc
  • ledcu
  • ledduc
  • leducc
  • leudc
  • lleduc

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Leduc - 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.

elduc2ldeuc2ledcu2ledduc1leducc1leudc2lleduc1
Edit distance from "Leduc"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Leduc"?
"Leduc" is spelled L-E-D-U-C. The IPA pronunciation is \lə.dyk\.
What does "Leduc" mean?
As a proper noun, "Leduc" means: Nom de famille, notamment au Québec et en France.
What words are commonly confused with "Leduc"?
"Leduc" is commonly confused with "leur", "lègue", "led". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Leduc"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Leduc" is \lə.dyk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Leduc" come from?
"Leduc" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Leduc", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

lagos#26,421lodge#26,428minou#26,441mixer#26,443

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

molles7 variantsmuros7 variantspuceau7 variantspulpe7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list