Léopold

\le.ɔ.pɔld\

/\le.ɔ.pɔld\/ name

The verdict

“Léopold” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,832. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,832
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-leopold · Léopold · French

Léopold · rank #13,832 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #13,832
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH législateur

Nearest frequency peer: législateur (-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 « Léopold »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Léopold » 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).

Léopold vs léopard
57% similar

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

Key facts for Léopold
PropertyValue
HeadwordLéopold
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\le.ɔ.pɔld\
Letters7
Frequency rank#13,832
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Léopold »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Léopoldse 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 « législateur » (#13,831), « mad » (#13,833), « lotus » (#13,830). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « Léopold » est au #13,832. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around Léopold (IPA \le.ɔ.pɔld\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #13,832 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom masculin.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Léopold, with forms such as "leopold", "lléopold", and "loépold". 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, "léopard", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Léopold, spelled L-É-O-P-O-L-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom masculin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le grand-duc Léopold Iᵉʳ de Toscane.
  2. Les gars favorisés du sort braillaient leur refrain rituel, dont le premier vers ne manquait pas d’un certain archaïsme, que ne reconnaissait personne, et dont le second s’embellissait d’une tournure flamande : Soudâs ! Soudâs ! Soudâs ! (soudards) Ça n’est pas Popol qui nous aura soldats ! Ce n’était pas en effet Léopold II, roi fort respecté de la banqu…

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • leopold
  • lléopold
  • loépold
  • léoopld
  • léoplod
  • léopodl
  • léopoldd
  • léopolld
  • léoppold
  • lépoold
  • élopold

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

leopold1lléopold1loépold2léoopld2léoplod2léopodl2léopoldd1léopolld1
Edit distance from "Léopold"

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 "Léopold"?
"Léopold" is spelled L-É-O-P-O-L-D. The IPA pronunciation is \le.ɔ.pɔld\.
What does "Léopold" mean?
As a proper noun, "Léopold" means: Prénom masculin.
What words are commonly confused with "Léopold"?
"Léopold" is commonly confused with "léopard". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Léopold"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Léopold" is \le.ɔ.pɔld\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Léopold" come from?
"Léopold" 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 "Léopold", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list