Legrand

\lə.ɡʁɑ̃\

/\lə.ɡʁɑ̃\/ name

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The verdict

“Legrand” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,178. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,178
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-legrand · Legrand · French

Legrand · rank #17,178 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,178
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH June

Nearest frequency peer: June (-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 « Legrand »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Legrand » 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).

Legrand vs legend
57% similar
Legrand vs Lefranc
71% similar

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

Key facts for Legrand
PropertyValue
HeadwordLegrand
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\lə.ɡʁɑ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#17,178
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Legrand »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Legrandse place ici:

#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 « June » (#17,177), « Lepage » (#17,179), « jumeau » (#17,176). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « Legrand » est au #17,178. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around Legrand (IPA \lə.ɡʁɑ̃\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #17,178 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Legrand, with forms such as "elgrand", "legarnd", and "leggrand". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "legend", "Lefranc", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Legrand, spelled L-E-G-R-A-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ils considèrent que ce n’est pas dangereux, que ce n’est pas de l’automutilation, estime Clément Legrand.

This word in other languages

Grand(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • elgrand
  • legarnd
  • leggrand
  • legradn
  • legrandd
  • legrannd
  • legrnad
  • legrrand
  • lergand
  • lgerand
  • llegrand

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Legrand - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

elgrand2legarnd2leggrand1legradn2legrandd1legrannd1legrnad2legrrand1
Edit distance from "Legrand"

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 "Legrand"?
"Legrand" is spelled L-E-G-R-A-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is \lə.ɡʁɑ̃\.
What does "Legrand" mean?
As a proper noun, "Legrand" means: Nom de famille.
What words are commonly confused with "Legrand"?
"Legrand" is commonly confused with "legend", "Lefranc". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Legrand"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Legrand" is \lə.ɡʁɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Legrand" come from?
"Legrand" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

mandela#17,185indécis#17,162incluse#17,161monture#17,195

Similar misspelling depth

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

Hallyday11 variantsguardian11 variantsoverdose11 variantspardonné11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list