-lela
\ˈle˩.la˩\
The verdict
“-lela” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pleurer, se plaindre, gémir, sangloter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lela · -lela · French
-lela · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "-" 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 | -lela |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈle˩.la˩\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « -lela » en français
Rare enough to double-check
-lela is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈle˩.la˩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for -lela in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is -lela, spelled --L-E-L-A.
Definition
- 1Pleurer, se plaindre, gémir, sangloter.
- 2(Pour le animaux) Produire un cri : aboyer, miauler, bêler, beugler, mugier, etc.
- 3(Pour les objets) Résonner, retentir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how -lela appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Niáo elelí. ‒ Le chat miaule.
Ngonga elelí. ‒ La cloche résonne. — (René Van Everbroeck, Dictionnaire lingala-français, 1985)
Synonyms
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.