leprechaun
\le.pʁə.ʃɔn\
The verdict
“leprechaun” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lutin, farfadet du folklore irlandais.
Corpus desk
Index FR-leprechaun · leprechaun · French
leprechaun · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | leprechaun |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \le.pʁə.ʃɔn\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « leprechaun » en français
Rare enough to double-check
leprechaun is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \le.pʁə.ʃɔn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lutin, farfadet du folklore irlandais.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for leprechaun in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is leprechaun, spelled L-E-P-R-E-C-H-A-U-N.
Definition
- 1Lutin, farfadet du folklore irlandais.
This word in other languages
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.