leitão
\lɐj.tˈɐ̃w\
The verdict
“leitão” is uncommon French (frequency #63,881 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,881
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cochon de lait.
Corpus desk
Index FR-leitao · leitão · French
leitão · rank #63,881 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,881
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH Lesley
Nearest frequency peer: Lesley (+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 « leitão »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Langon
Langon
36,124 corpus weight
- Laville
Laville
36,123 corpus weight
- leitão
leitão
36,120 corpus weight
- Lesley
Lesley
36,119 corpus weight
- lesse
lesse
36,118 corpus weight
- lian
lian
36,117 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « leitão » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | leitão |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lɐj.tˈɐ̃w\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #63,881 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « leitão » en français
Rare enough to double-check
leitão is uncommon French at frequency #63,881 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \lɐj.tˈɐ̃w\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cochon de lait.".
leitão has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented 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 leitão, spelled L-E-I-T-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1Cochon de lait.
Synonyms
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).