Lejeune

\lə.ʒœn\

/\lə.ʒœn\/ name

The verdict

“Lejeune” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,235. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,235
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
9
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Municipalité canadienne du Québec située dans la MRC de Témiscouata.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lejeune · Lejeune · French

Lejeune · rank #28,235 · 9 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,235
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH libyenne

Nearest frequency peer: libyenne (+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 « Lejeune »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Lejeune » 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
Key facts for Lejeune
PropertyValue
HeadwordLejeune
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\lə.ʒœn\
Letters7
Frequency rank#28,235
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Lejeune »

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

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « libyenne » (#28,236), « libèrent » (#28,237), « Lazio » (#28,232). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « Lejeune » est au #28,235. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Lejeune (IPA \lə.ʒœn\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #28,235 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Municipalité canadienne du Québec située dans la MRC de Témiscouata.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Lejeune, with forms such as "eljeune", "leejune", and "lejenue". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Lejeune, spelled L-E-J-E-U-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Municipalité canadienne du Québec située dans la MRC de Témiscouata.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eljeune
  • leejune
  • lejenue
  • lejeuen
  • lejeunne
  • lejjeune
  • lejuene
  • ljeeune
  • llejeune

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Lejeune - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

eljeune2leejune2lejenue2lejeuen2lejeunne1lejjeune1lejuene2ljeeune2
Edit distance from "Lejeune"

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 "Lejeune"?
"Lejeune" is spelled L-E-J-E-U-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \lə.ʒœn\.
What does "Lejeune" mean?
As a proper noun, "Lejeune" means: Municipalité canadienne du Québec située dans la MRC de Témiscouata.
What are common misspellings of "Lejeune"?
Common misspellings include "eljeune", "leejune", "lejenue", "lejeuen", "lejeunne". The correct spelling is "Lejeune".
How do you pronounce "Lejeune"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Lejeune" is \lə.ʒœn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Lejeune" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list