légères

Name: légères, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\le.ʒɛʁ\

/\le.ʒɛʁ\/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“légères” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,508. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,508
frequency rank, French: 2,567
“L” headwords: 11
tracked misspellings: 14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de léger.

Corpus desk

Index FR-legeres · légères · French

légères · rank #9,508 · 11 variants · 14 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #9,508
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
VAR-MID 11 variants
BOOK-MID 2,567
PHOTO-FINISH Maghreb

Nearest frequency peer: Maghreb (+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.

iris

90,497
isolés

90,496
légères

90,493
Maghreb

90,492
marron

90,491
maxi

90,490

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

légères vs lèvres

57% similar

légères vs légers

71% similar

légères vs levées

43% similar

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

Key facts for légères
Property	Value
Headword	légères
Language	French
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	\le.ʒɛʁ\
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#9,508
Misspellings tracked	11
Confusable pairs	14
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « légères »

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

#9,508

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Maghreb » (#9,509), « marron » (#9,510), « isolés » (#9,505). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « légères » est au #9,508. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around légères (IPA \le.ʒɛʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #9,508 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de léger.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for légères, with forms such as "legeres", "lgéères", and "llégères". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "lèvres", "légers", "levées", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is légères, spelled L-É-G-È-R-E-S.

Definition

1
Féminin pluriel de léger.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Quelques légères mousses, de maigres graminées, verdissaient çà et là, et de petites fleurs, presque incolores, montraient leur humide corolle entre les cailloux.
L’hypogène est un affaiblisseur à base de quinone qui agit comme le persulfate d’ammoniaque en attaquant surtout les parties opaques des clichés sans détruire les demi-teintes légères.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

legeres
lgéères
llégères
léggères
légrèes
légèers
légèress
légèrres
légèrse
léègres
élgères

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "légères"

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 "légères"?

"légères" is spelled L-É-G-È-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \le.ʒɛʁ\.

What does "légères" mean?

As an adjective, "légères" means: Féminin pluriel de léger.

What words are commonly confused with "légères"?

"légères" is commonly confused with "lèvres", "légers", "levées". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "légères"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "légères" is \le.ʒɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "légères" come from?

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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