Leid
\laɪ̯t\
The verdict
“Leid” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Souffrance, chagrin, douleur psychique éprouvé(e) à la suite d'un malheur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-leid · Leid · French
Leid · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Leid |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \laɪ̯t\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Leid is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \laɪ̯t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Leid, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Leid, spelled L-E-I-D.
Definition
- 1Souffrance, chagrin, douleur psychique éprouvé(e) à la suite d'un malheur.
- 2Injustice, tort, mal, dommage, peine que quelqu'un subit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Leid appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Auch kleine bewaffnete Auseinandersetzungen verursachen unbeschreibliche Mengen von Leid.
Neben tausendfachem menschlichen Leid verschärft der am 24. Februar 2022 vom Kreml begonnene Angriffskrieg Russlands negative Bevölkerungsentwicklung gleich in mehrfacher Weise dramatisch. Das belegen sogar russische Quellen.
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.