Leleu
\lə.lø\
The verdict
“Leleu” is uncommon French (frequency #68,418 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,418
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-leleu · Leleu · French
Leleu · rank #68,418 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,418
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH Leandro
Nearest frequency peer: Leandro (-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 « Leleu »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- lavables
lavables
31,586 corpus weight
- Laviolette
Laviolette
31,585 corpus weight
- Leandro
Leandro
31,584 corpus weight
- Leleu
Leleu
31,583 corpus weight
- leucocytes
leucocytes
31,582 corpus weight
- libérien
libérien
31,581 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Leleu » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Leleu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \lə.lø\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #68,418 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Leleu » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Leleu is uncommon French at frequency #68,418 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \lə.lø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Leleu in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Leleu, spelled L-E-L-E-U.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Leleu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il « aurait été amené en camionnette sur le secteur de Merlimont et serait monté dans un bateau pneumatique » avec d’autres migrants, a indiqué le procureur adjoint, Patrick Leleu.
Cette initiative vient d’un vœu déposé par les écologistes, et notamment la conseillère Raphaëlle Rémy-Leleu.
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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