leitmotive
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The verdict
“leitmotive” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de leitmotiv.
Corpus desk
Index FR-leitmotive · leitmotive · French
leitmotive · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | leitmotive |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lajt.mɔ.tif\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « leitmotive » en français
Rare enough to double-check
leitmotive is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \lajt.mɔ.tif\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de leitmotiv.".
Zero misspellings are on record for leitmotive in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is leitmotive, spelled L-E-I-T-M-O-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de leitmotiv.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how leitmotive appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il y a des moments de la vie où une sorte de beauté naît de la multiplicité des ennuis qui nous assaillent, entrecroisés comme des leitmotive wagnériens, de la notion aussi, émergente alors, que les événements ne sont pas situés dans l'ensemble des reflets peints dans le pauvre petit miroir que porte devant elle l'intelligence et qu'elle appelle l'avenir,…
Il y a, dans Pourquoi Israël, deux leitmotive métaphysiques qui circulent tout au long du film et lui confèrent puissance et vis comica : celui de la normalité et de l’anormalité, et l’autre, qui tourne, sans fin ni réponse peut-être, autour de la question : « Qui est juif ? Who is a Jew ? »
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.