Léglise

\le.ɡliz\

/\le.ɡliz\/ name

The verdict

“Léglise” is uncommon French (frequency #85,897 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,897
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune de la province de Luxembourg de la région wallonne de Belgique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-leglise · Léglise · French

Léglise · rank #85,897 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,897
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH lèverai

Nearest frequency peer: lèverai (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Léglise »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Léglise » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Léglise
PropertyValue
HeadwordLéglise
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\le.ɡliz\
Letters7
Frequency rank#85,897
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Léglise » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Léglisetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « lèverai » (#85,896), « Lætitia » (#85,895), « Léry » (#85,899). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « Léglise » est au #85,897. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Léglise is uncommon French at frequency #85,897 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \le.ɡliz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Commune de la province de Luxembourg de la région wallonne de Belgique.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Léglise, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Léglise, spelled L-É-G-L-I-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune de la province de Luxembourg de la région wallonne de Belgique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Avec ses 17 292 hectares dont 9 022 dʼespace forestier, Léglise est une des plus grandes comunes de Belgique.

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 "Léglise"?
"Léglise" is spelled L-É-G-L-I-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \le.ɡliz\.
What does "Léglise" mean?
As a proper noun, "Léglise" means: Commune de la province de Luxembourg de la région wallonne de Belgique.
How do you pronounce "Léglise"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Léglise" is \le.ɡliz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Léglise" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list