lépreux

\le.pʁø\

/\le.pʁø\/ adj

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The verdict

“lépreux” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,255. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,255
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est atteint de la lèpre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lepreux · lépreux · French

lépreux · rank #30,255 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,255
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH lâchés

Nearest frequency peer: lâchés (-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 « lépreux »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « lépreux » 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).

lépreux vs Leroux
43% similar
lépreux vs Lemieux
43% similar

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

Key facts for lépreux
PropertyValue
Headwordlépreux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\le.pʁø\
Letters7
Frequency rank#30,255
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « lépreux »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).lépreuxse 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 « lâchés » (#30,254), « lyre » (#30,253), « Madère » (#30,257). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « lépreux » est au #30,255. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around lépreux (IPA \le.pʁø\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #30,255 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 lépreux, with forms such as "lepreux", "llépreux", and "lpéreux". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Leroux", "Lemieux", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is lépreux, spelled L-É-P-R-E-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est atteint de la lèpre.
  2. 2
    Qui présente des dégradations qui font penser aux taches de la lèpre, en parlant d’un mur, d’un bâtiment, etc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un homme lépreux.
  2. Une femme lépreuse.

This word in other languages

leprous(English)leproso(Español)leprakrank(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lepreux
  • llépreux
  • lpéreux
  • léperux
  • léppreux
  • lépreuxx
  • léprexu
  • léprreux
  • lépruex
  • lérpeux
  • élpreux

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

lepreux1llépreux1lpéreux2léperux2léppreux1lépreuxx1léprexu2léprreux1
Edit distance from "lépreux"

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 "lépreux"?
"lépreux" is spelled L-É-P-R-E-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \le.pʁø\.
What does "lépreux" mean?
As an adjective, "lépreux" means: Qui est atteint de la lèpre.
What words are commonly confused with "lépreux"?
"lépreux" is commonly confused with "Leroux", "Lemieux". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lépreux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lépreux" is \le.pʁø\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lépreux" come from?
"lépreux" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Lecomte#30,247lardons#30,245lancera#30,244kitchen#30,237

Similar misspelling depth

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

mondaine11 variantsobsédés11 variantsparvienne11 variantspossesseur11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list