lees
\liːz\
The verdict
“lees” is uncommon French (frequency #69,975 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,975
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lees · lees · French
lees · rank #69,975 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,975
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH Leonor
Nearest frequency peer: Leonor (+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 « lees »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- lagons
lagons
30,031 corpus weight
- lamentation
lamentation
30,030 corpus weight
- Lancashire
Lancashire
30,029 corpus weight
- lees
lees
30,026 corpus weight
- Leonor
Leonor
30,024 corpus weight
- libérons
libérons
30,023 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « lees » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lees |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \liːz\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #69,975 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « lees » en français
Rare enough to double-check
lees is uncommon French at frequency #69,975 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \liːz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lie.".
Zero misspellings are on record for lees in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is lees, spelled L-E-E-S.
Definition
- 1Lie.
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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