Léonce

\le.ɔ̃s\

/\le.ɔ̃s\/ name

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The verdict

“Léonce” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,448. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,448
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom mixte, donné à des garçons et à des filles.

Corpus desk

Index FR-leonce · Léonce · French

Léonce · rank #42,448 · 9 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,448
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH lâcherai

Nearest frequency peer: lâcherai (-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 « Léonce »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Léonce » 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).

Léonce vs lone
50% similar
Léonce vs leone
50% similar
Léonce vs longe
50% similar

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

Key facts for Léonce
PropertyValue
HeadwordLéonce
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\le.ɔ̃s\
Letters6
Frequency rank#42,448
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Léonce »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Léoncese 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 « lâcherai » (#42,447), « maki » (#42,449), « luxuriante » (#42,446). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « Léonce » est au #42,448. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Léonce (IPA \le.ɔ̃s\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #42,448 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom mixte, donné à des garçons et à des filles.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Léonce, with forms such as "leonce", "lléonce", and "loénce". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "lone", "leone", "longe", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Léonce, spelled L-É-O-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom mixte, donné à des garçons et à des filles.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Quelque affligé que soit mon esprit, je dois vitement me ressaisir car les mauvaises nouvelles étant plus rapides qu’épidémies, bientôt tout le village et les gens d’alentour se presseront pour adieuser Léonce.
  2. Léonce Joseph Hainez est un architecte français né à Esnes (Nord) le 22 avril 1866 et décédé à Lambersart (Nord) le 28 mai 1916.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • leonce
  • lléonce
  • loénce
  • lénoce
  • léocne
  • léoncce
  • léonec
  • léonnce
  • élonce

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Léonce - 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.

leonce1lléonce1loénce2lénoce2léocne2léoncce1léonec2léonnce1
Edit distance from "Léonce"

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 "Léonce"?
"Léonce" is spelled L-É-O-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \le.ɔ̃s\.
What does "Léonce" mean?
As a proper noun, "Léonce" means: Prénom mixte, donné à des garçons et à des filles.
What words are commonly confused with "Léonce"?
"Léonce" is commonly confused with "lone", "leone", "longe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Léonce"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Léonce" is \le.ɔ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Léonce" come from?
"Léonce" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mayeur#42,457liront#42,434milady#42,463larynx#42,428

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list