les deux
\le dø\
The verdict
“les deux” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deux personnes, objets ou êtres ensemble dont on a déjà parlé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-les-deux · les deux · French
les deux · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | les deux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | \le dø\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « les deux » en français
Rare enough to double-check
les deux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as apronoun, transcribed \le dø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Deux personnes, objets ou êtres ensemble dont on a déjà parlé.".
les deux doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is les deux, spelled L-E-S- -D-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Deux personnes, objets ou êtres ensemble dont on a déjà parlé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how les deux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ton frère et ta sœur ? Les deux viendront demain.
This word in other languages
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