lesbien

\lɛs.bjɛ̃\

/\lɛs.bjɛ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“lesbien” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,124. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,124
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dialecte du grec ancien qui était parlé sur l’île de Lesbos.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lesbien · lesbien · French

lesbien · rank #35,124 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,124
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH Lellouche

Nearest frequency peer: Lellouche (-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 « lesbien »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « lesbien » 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).

lesbien vs Leslie
57% similar
lesbien vs lesbienne
78% similar

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

Key facts for lesbien
PropertyValue
Headwordlesbien
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\lɛs.bjɛ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#35,124
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « lesbien »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.lesbiense 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 « Lellouche » (#35,123), « liane » (#35,125), « LCD » (#35,122). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « lesbien » est au #35,124. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around lesbien (IPA \lɛs.bjɛ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,124 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Dialecte du grec ancien qui était parlé sur l’île de Lesbos.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for lesbien, with forms such as "elsbien", "lebsien", and "lesbbien". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Leslie", "lesbienne", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is lesbien, spelled L-E-S-B-I-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dialecte du grec ancien qui était parlé sur l’île de Lesbos.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le lesbien, le thessalien et le béotien s’accordent à présenter ρο(ορ) en regard de ρα(αρ) des autres parlers dans quelques cas, en des conditions qu’on n’est pas parvenu parvenu à définir précisément.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • elsbien
  • lebsien
  • lesbbien
  • lesbein
  • lesbienn
  • lesbine
  • lesiben
  • lessbien
  • llesbien
  • lsebien

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

elsbien2lebsien2lesbbien1lesbein2lesbienn1lesbine2lesiben2lessbien1
Edit distance from "lesbien"

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 "lesbien"?
"lesbien" is spelled L-E-S-B-I-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is \lɛs.bjɛ̃\.
What does "lesbien" mean?
As a noun, "lesbien" means: Dialecte du grec ancien qui était parlé sur l’île de Lesbos.
What words are commonly confused with "lesbien"?
"lesbien" is commonly confused with "Leslie", "lesbienne". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lesbien"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lesbien" is \lɛs.bjɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lesbien" come from?
"lesbien" 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 "lesbien", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

latente#35,121license#35,127laplace#35,120Kessler#35,114

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

laiterie10 variantsMalakoff10 variantsMethode10 variantsmetteurs10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list