Lefebvre

\lə.fɛvʁ\

/\lə.fɛvʁ\/ name

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The verdict

“Lefebvre” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,203. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,203
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Municipalité canadienne du Québec située dans la MRC de Drummond.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lefebvre · Lefebvre · French

Lefebvre · rank #13,203 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #13,203
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH Lazare

Nearest frequency peer: Lazare (-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 « Lefebvre »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Lefebvre » 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).

Lefebvre vs Lefèvre
75% similar

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

Key facts for Lefebvre
PropertyValue
HeadwordLefebvre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\lə.fɛvʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#13,203
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Lefebvre »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Lazare » (#13,202), « Leonardo » (#13,204), « lanterne » (#13,201). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « Lefebvre » est au #13,203. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around Lefebvre (IPA \lə.fɛvʁ\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #13,203 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Municipalité canadienne du Québec située dans la MRC de Drummond.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Lefebvre, with forms such as "elfebvre", "leefbvre", and "lefbevre". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Lefèvre", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Lefebvre, spelled L-E-F-E-B-V-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Municipalité canadienne du Québec située dans la MRC de Drummond.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • elfebvre
  • leefbvre
  • lefbevre
  • lefebbvre
  • lefebrve
  • lefebver
  • lefebvrre
  • lefebvvre
  • lefevbre
  • leffebvre
  • lfeebvre
  • llefebvre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Lefebvre - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

elfebvre2leefbvre2lefbevre2lefebbvre1lefebrve2lefebver2lefebvrre1lefebvvre1
Edit distance from "Lefebvre"

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 "Lefebvre"?
"Lefebvre" is spelled L-E-F-E-B-V-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \lə.fɛvʁ\.
What does "Lefebvre" mean?
As a proper noun, "Lefebvre" means: Municipalité canadienne du Québec située dans la MRC de Drummond.
What words are commonly confused with "Lefebvre"?
"Lefebvre" is commonly confused with "Lefèvre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Lefebvre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Lefebvre" is \lə.fɛvʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Lefebvre" come from?
"Lefebvre" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Leonardo#13,204lanterne#13,201limitant#13,205obsèques#13,222

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

isolation12 variantsgravures12 variantsfascisme12 variantsexprimée12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list