leisure
\ˈli.ʒɚ\
The verdict
“leisure” is uncommon French (frequency #74,950 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,950
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Loisir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-leisure · leisure · French
leisure · rank #74,950 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,950
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH Lecce
Nearest frequency peer: Lecce (-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 « leisure »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- learned
learned
25,054 corpus weight
- leaves
leaves
25,053 corpus weight
- Lecce
Lecce
25,052 corpus weight
- leisure
leisure
25,051 corpus weight
- lenticulaire
lenticulaire
25,050 corpus weight
- lidar
lidar
25,049 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « leisure » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | leisure |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈli.ʒɚ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #74,950 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « leisure » en français
Rare enough to double-check
leisure is uncommon French at frequency #74,950 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈli.ʒɚ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Loisir.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for leisure, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is leisure, spelled L-E-I-S-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1Loisir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how leisure appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Man of leisure.
A well-balanced person must also allocate some time in the week for leisure.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).