lequel

\lə.kɛl\

/\lə.kɛl\/ pron

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The verdict

“lequel” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #690. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#690
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pronom relatif qui remplace le nom et établit le lien avec la proposition relative qui suit.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lequel · lequel · French

lequel · rank #690 · 8 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #690
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH joue

Nearest frequency peer: joue (-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 « lequel »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « lequel » 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).

lequel vs loque
67% similar
lequel vs lesquels
75% similar
lequel vs laque
67% similar

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

Key facts for lequel
PropertyValue
Headwordlequel
LanguageFrench
Part of speechPronoun
IPA\lə.kɛl\
Letters6
Frequency rank#690
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « lequel »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).lequelse 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 « joue » (#689), « montre » (#691), « hors » (#688). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « lequel » est au #690. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around lequel (IPA \lə.kɛl\), apronoun. Corpus frequency is #690 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for lequel, with forms such as "elquel", "leqeul", and "leqquel". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "loque", "lesquels", "laque", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is lequel, spelled L-E-Q-U-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pronom relatif qui remplace le nom et établit le lien avec la proposition relative qui suit.
  2. 2
    S’emploie à la place de qui, surtout pour éviter une équivocité.
  3. 3
    S’emploie aussi lorsque le relatif représentant un nom de chose est un complément circonstanciel et est précédé d’une préposition autre que de.
  4. 4
    S’emploie obligatoirement comme complément déterminatif d’un nom précédé d’une préposition.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Si les grains ont souffert de l’intempérie des saisons, il faudra recourir au criblage qui produit ordinairement un pour cent de déchet, lequel sera vendu au profit de la République.
  2. La célébration du mouloud, de la nativité du Prophète, à laquelle je viens d’assister, fut un beau spectacle surtout en raison du temps superbe dont il a été favorisé.

This word in other languages

who(English)welcher(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • elquel
  • leqeul
  • leqquel
  • lequell
  • lequle
  • leuqel
  • llequel
  • lqeuel

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lequel - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

elquel2leqeul2leqquel1lequell1lequle2leuqel2llequel1lqeuel2
Edit distance from "lequel"

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 "lequel"?
"lequel" is spelled L-E-Q-U-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is \lə.kɛl\.
What does "lequel" mean?
As a pronoun, "lequel" means: Pronom relatif qui remplace le nom et établit le lien avec la proposition relative qui suit.
What words are commonly confused with "lequel"?
"lequel" is commonly confused with "loque", "lesquels", "laque". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lequel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lequel" is \lə.kɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lequel" come from?
"lequel" 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 "lequel", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

montre#691penser#694chacun#681réseau#699

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

valeur8 variantsmessage8 variantssource8 variantsfacile8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list