lépas
\le.pas\
The verdict
“lépas” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Coquillage univalve qui s'accroche aux rochers.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lepas · lépas · French
lépas · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lépas |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \le.pas\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « lépas » en français
Rare enough to double-check
lépas is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \le.pas\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for lépas in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is lépas, spelled L-É-P-A-S.
Definition
- 1Coquillage univalve qui s'accroche aux rochers.
- 2Crustacé proche des anatifes
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.