Léry

\le.ʁi\

/\le.ʁi\/ name

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The verdict

“Léry” is uncommon French (frequency #85,899 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,899
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de la Côte-d’Or.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lery · Léry · French

Léry · rank #85,899 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,899
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH maccarthysme

Nearest frequency peer: maccarthysme (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Léry »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Léry » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Léry
PropertyValue
HeadwordLéry
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\le.ʁi\
Letters4
Frequency rank#85,899
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Léry » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Lérytombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « maccarthysme » (#85,900), « Léglise » (#85,897), « lèverai » (#85,896). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « Léry » est au #85,899. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Léry is uncommon French at frequency #85,899 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \le.ʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Léry, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Léry, spelled L-É-R-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune française, située dans le département de la Côte-d’Or.
  2. 2
    Commune française, située dans le département de l’Eure.
  3. 3
    Ville canadienne du Québec située dans la MRC de Roussillon.

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 "Léry"?
"Léry" is spelled L-É-R-Y. The IPA pronunciation is \le.ʁi\.
What does "Léry" mean?
As a proper noun, "Léry" means: Commune française, située dans le département de la Côte-d’Or.
How do you pronounce "Léry"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Léry" is \le.ʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Léry" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

majo#85,903Lupi#85,894loma#85,886loci#85,885

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list