lek
\lɛk\
The verdict
“lek” is uncommon French (frequency #93,971 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,971
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Unité monétaire albanaise.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lek · lek · French
lek · rank #93,971 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,971
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH Lemnos
Nearest frequency peer: Lemnos (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “lek”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- lavandières
lavandières
6,032 corpus weight
- lek
lek
6,030 corpus weight
- Lemnos
Lemnos
6,029 corpus weight
- lestée
lestée
6,028 corpus weight
- levon
levon
6,027 corpus weight
- Lexy
Lexy
6,026 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “lek” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lek |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lɛk\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #93,971 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lek” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
lek is uncommon French at frequency #93,971 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \lɛk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Unité monétaire albanaise.".
No misspelling variants are generated for lek in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is lek, spelled L-E-K.
Definition
- 1Unité monétaire albanaise.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lek appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La question économique s’invite aussi dans le processus, le cours du lek ayant augmenté de 25 % entre 2016 et 2023.
Par contre, les garder pour un temps à venir, cela paraissait risqué à cause de l’inflation du lek qui avait déjà atteint un taux très important.
This word in other languages
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.