leer
\leːɐ̯\
The verdict
“leer” is uncommon French (frequency #77,663 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,663
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vide.
Corpus desk
Index FR-leer · leer · French
leer · rank #77,663 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,663
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH length
Nearest frequency peer: length (+2 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 « leer »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Larroque
Larroque
22,342 corpus weight
- Lebedev
Lebedev
22,341 corpus weight
- leer
leer
22,338 corpus weight
- length
length
22,336 corpus weight
- limitons
limitons
22,334 corpus weight
- limoger
limoger
22,333 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « leer » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | leer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \leːɐ̯\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #77,663 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « leer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
leer is uncommon French at frequency #77,663 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \leːɐ̯\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for leer, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is leer, spelled L-E-E-R.
Definition
- 1Vide.
- 2Creux, vide de sens.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how leer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bei der Durchsuchung wurden aber auch einige Dutzend leere Ordner mit Geheimvermerk gefunden. Das warf die Frage auf, was mit den darin ursprünglich enthaltenen Papieren passierte.
(...) dass Hertha mit leeren Taschen dasteht, bleibt ein Faszinosum, wenn man sich vor Augen führt, dass der vormalige Bundesligist allein in den vergangenen vier Jahren 374 Millionen des früheren Investors (...) sowie weitere Einnahmen durchgebracht hat.
Synonyms
Antonyms
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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