lenteur

\lɑ̃.tœʁ\

/\lɑ̃.tœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“lenteur” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,426. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,426
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Manque de rapidité dans le mouvement et dans l’action.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lenteur · lenteur · French

lenteur · rank #15,426 · 10 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,426
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH language

Nearest frequency peer: language (-2 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 « lenteur »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « lenteur » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

lenteur vs lester
71% similar
lenteur vs letter
71% similar
lenteur vs lutteur
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for lenteur
PropertyValue
Headwordlenteur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\lɑ̃.tœʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#15,426
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « lenteur »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « language » (#15,424), « Levallois » (#15,428), « langages » (#15,423). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « lenteur » est au #15,426. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around lenteur (IPA \lɑ̃.tœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,426 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for lenteur, with forms such as "elnteur", "lenetur", and "lennteur". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "lester", "letter", "lutteur", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is lenteur, spelled L-E-N-T-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Manque de rapidité dans le mouvement et dans l’action.
  2. 2
    Difficulté, peine, à imaginer, à concevoir.
  3. 3
    Manque de tonus, d'action dans une pièce de théâtre, un roman, un film.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how lenteur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Leur procession par les rues se déroule avec la lenteur habituelle, sa psalmodie sourde, […].
  2. Libre à d'autres de rire d'une lenteur apparente, d'une hésitation qui est scrupule, d'une méthode qu'on croit inhabile.

Antonyms

rapiditévivacité

This word in other languages

slowness(English)lentitud(Español)Langsamkeit(Deutsch)preguiça(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • elnteur
  • lenetur
  • lennteur
  • lenteru
  • lenteurr
  • lentteur
  • lentuer
  • letneur
  • llenteur
  • lneteur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

elnteur2lenetur2lennteur1lenteru2lenteurr1lentteur1lentuer2letneur2
Edit distance from "lenteur"

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 "lenteur"?
"lenteur" is spelled L-E-N-T-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \lɑ̃.tœʁ\.
What does "lenteur" mean?
As a noun, "lenteur" means: Manque de rapidité dans le mouvement et dans l’action.
What words are commonly confused with "lenteur"?
"lenteur" is commonly confused with "lester", "letter", "lutteur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lenteur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lenteur" is \lɑ̃.tœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lenteur" come from?
"lenteur" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Jérémie#15,419Mayenne#15,436Mayotte#15,437miennes#15,442

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

ignoble10 variantsfresque10 variantsexotique10 variantsEuropean10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list