lentille

\lɑ̃.tij\

/\lɑ̃.tij\/ noun

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The verdict

“lentille” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,243. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,243
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Légumineuse, fabacée, dont la graine, de forme caractéristique, petite, plate, ronde et amincie par les bords, est comestible.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lentille · lentille · French

lentille · rank #18,243 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #18,243
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH Leicester

Nearest frequency peer: Leicester (-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 « lentille »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « lentille » 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).

lentille vs lentilles
89% similar

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

Key facts for lentille
PropertyValue
Headwordlentille
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\lɑ̃.tij\
Letters8
Frequency rank#18,243
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « lentille »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).lentillese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Leicester » (#18,242), « libertaire » (#18,244), « liturgie » (#18,245). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « lentille » est au #18,243. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around lentille (IPA \lɑ̃.tij\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,243 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for lentille, with forms such as "elntille", "lenitlle", and "lenntille". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "lentilles", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 lentille, spelled L-E-N-T-I-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Légumineuse, fabacée, dont la graine, de forme caractéristique, petite, plate, ronde et amincie par les bords, est comestible.
  2. 2
    Graine de cette plante.
  3. 3
    Tache rousse sur la peau, tache de rousseur, éphélide.
  4. 4
    Poids ayant classiquement la forme d’une lentille, placé à l’extrémité du balancier d’une pendule.
  5. 5
    Verre taillé, bombé sur les deux faces ce qui lui donne la forme caractéristique d’une lentille.
  6. 6
    Objet translucide destiné à changer la convergence des rayons qui le traversent.
  7. 7
    Lentille de contact.
  8. 8
    Masse de sédiment disposé de façon discontinue entre d'autres sédiments.
  9. 9
    Dispositif, aussi nommé pastille, destiné à réduire le débit d’une canalisation d’eau desservant un client.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Semer des lentilles.
  2. Manicamp. – (Découvrant successivement les plats.) Bœuf aux lentilles… mouton aux lentilles… veau aux lentilles. Chatenay – J’adore les lentilles ! Manicamp, vivement – Je vous préviens que, cette année, elles sont d’une très mauvaise qualité. Chatenay – Vous êtes trop aimable…

This word in other languages

lentil(English)lenteja(Español)Linse(Deutsch)lentilha(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • elntille
  • lenitlle
  • lenntille
  • lentile
  • lentilel
  • lentlile
  • lenttille
  • letnille
  • llentille
  • lnetille

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lentille - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

elntille2lenitlle2lenntille1lentile1lentilel2lentlile2lenttille1letnille2
Edit distance from "lentille"

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 "lentille"?
"lentille" is spelled L-E-N-T-I-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \lɑ̃.tij\.
What does "lentille" mean?
As a noun, "lentille" means: Légumineuse, fabacée, dont la graine, de forme caractéristique, petite, plate, ronde et amincie par les bords, est comestible.
What words are commonly confused with "lentille"?
"lentille" is commonly confused with "lentilles". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lentille"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lentille" is \lɑ̃.tij\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lentille" come from?
"lentille" 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 "lentille", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

liturgie#18,245menteurs#18,254mesurant#18,256motrices#18,260

Similar misspelling depth

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

moquent10 variantshérésie10 variantsHébert10 variantsonéreux10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list