léopard

\le.ɔ.paʁ\

/\le.ɔ.paʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“léopard” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,247. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,247
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espèce de grand félin d’Afrique et d’Asie à peau tachetée, aussi appelé panthère (Panthera pardus). Ce mot est plus spécialement utilisé dans le cas des panthères africaines.

Corpus desk

Index FR-leopard · léopard · French

léopard · rank #18,247 · 11 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,247
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH lux

Nearest frequency peer: lux (-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 « léopard »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « léopard » 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).

léopard vs lézard
71% similar
léopard vs Léopold
57% similar
léopard vs Lessard
43% similar

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

Key facts for léopard
PropertyValue
Headwordléopard
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\le.ɔ.paʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#18,247
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « léopard »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.léopardse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « lux » (#18,246), « maille » (#18,248), « liturgie » (#18,245). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « léopard » est au #18,247. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around léopard (IPA \le.ɔ.paʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,247 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for léopard, with forms such as "leopard", "lléopard", and "loépard". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "lézard", "Léopold", "Lessard", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is léopard, spelled L-É-O-P-A-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Espèce de grand félin d’Afrique et d’Asie à peau tachetée, aussi appelé panthère (Panthera pardus). Ce mot est plus spécialement utilisé dans le cas des panthères africaines.
  2. 2
    Meuble représentant un lion dont la tête est de face (au lieu de profil) dans les armoiries. Dans sa position naturelle, il est « passant » (à la différence du lion qui est rampant). Un léopard rampant est dit lionné. À rapprocher de lion et lionne.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il y avait là des autruches, des gazelles, une girafe et, pêle-mêle, des renards fénecs, des léopards, et même un lion !
  2. Dissimulée derrière des buissons, Jésabel voit l'inconnu introduire un léopard dans le pavillon où Bobette se repose.

Synonyms

panthère

This word in other languages

leopard(English)leopardo(Español)Leopard(Deutsch)leopardo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • leopard
  • lléopard
  • loépard
  • léoaprd
  • léopadr
  • léopardd
  • léoparrd
  • léoppard
  • léoprad
  • lépoard
  • élopard

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of léopard - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

leopard1lléopard1loépard2léoaprd2léopadr2léopardd1léoparrd1léoppard1
Edit distance from "léopard"

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 "léopard"?
"léopard" is spelled L-É-O-P-A-R-D. The IPA pronunciation is \le.ɔ.paʁ\.
What does "léopard" mean?
As a noun, "léopard" means: Espèce de grand félin d’Afrique et d’Asie à peau tachetée, aussi appelé panthère (Panthera pardus). Ce mot est plus spécialement utilisé dans le cas des panthères africaines.
What words are commonly confused with "léopard"?
"léopard" is commonly confused with "lézard", "Léopold", "Lessard". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "léopard"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "léopard" is \le.ɔ.paʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "léopard" come from?
"léopard" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

maxwell#18,252moquent#18,258insensé#18,230initiée#18,229

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

liturgie11 variantsopérant11 variantsHypnose11 variantsguerrière11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list