Leroy

\lə.ʁwa\

/\lə.ʁwa\/ name

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The verdict

“Leroy” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,187. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,187
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-leroy · Leroy · French

Leroy · rank #10,187 · 7 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,187
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH lapins

Nearest frequency peer: lapins (-2 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 « Leroy »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Leroy » 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).

Leroy vs loy
40% similar
Leroy vs levy
40% similar
Leroy vs leo
40% similar

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

Key facts for Leroy
PropertyValue
HeadwordLeroy
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\lə.ʁwa\
Letters5
Frequency rank#10,187
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Leroy »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Leroyse 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 « lapins » (#10,185), « lucratif » (#10,189), « laisses » (#10,184). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « Leroy » est au #10,187. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Leroy (IPA \lə.ʁwa\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #10,187 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Leroy, with forms such as "elroy", "leory", and "leroyy". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "loy", "levy", "leo", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Leroy, spelled L-E-R-O-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sa consœur, Virginie Leroy, a accueilli la décision « avec beaucoup de bonheur, de soulagement ».
  2. À 59 ans, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu est devenue l’icône du cool pour toute la jeune génération en incarnant Sylvie Grateau, la patronne bitchy d’Emily in Paris.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • elroy
  • leory
  • leroyy
  • lerroy
  • leryo
  • lleroy
  • lreoy

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

elroy2leory2leroyy1lerroy1leryo2lleroy1lreoy2
Edit distance from "Leroy"

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 "Leroy"?
"Leroy" is spelled L-E-R-O-Y. The IPA pronunciation is \lə.ʁwa\.
What does "Leroy" mean?
As a proper noun, "Leroy" means: Nom de famille.
What words are commonly confused with "Leroy"?
"Leroy" is commonly confused with "loy", "levy", "leo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Leroy"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Leroy" is \lə.ʁwa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Leroy" come from?
"Leroy" 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 "Leroy", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

jolis#10,182metro#10,194icône#10,173Pablo#10,204

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

lapins7 variantsfaces7 variantsrelier7 variantssonge7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list