Lesbos
\lɛs.bɔs\
The verdict
“Lesbos” is uncommon French (frequency #52,160 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,160
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Île de la mer Égée. Célèbre pour ses vins ; patrie de Théophraste (390–305) et de la poétesse Sappho (vers 600 av. J.-C.), archétype du lesbianisme.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lesbos · Lesbos · French
Lesbos · rank #52,160 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,160
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH lenteurs
Nearest frequency peer: lenteurs (-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 « Lesbos »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- lassent
lassent
47,845 corpus weight
- Lemonnier
Lemonnier
47,843 corpus weight
- lenteurs
lenteurs
47,842 corpus weight
- Lesbos
Lesbos
47,841 corpus weight
- Leucate
Leucate
47,840 corpus weight
- Levinson
Levinson
47,838 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Lesbos » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lesbos |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \lɛs.bɔs\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #52,160 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Lesbos » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Lesbos is uncommon French at frequency #52,160 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \lɛs.bɔs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Lesbos in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Lesbos, spelled L-E-S-B-O-S.
Definition
- 1Île de la mer Égée. Célèbre pour ses vins ; patrie de Théophraste (390–305) et de la poétesse Sappho (vers 600 av. J.-C.), archétype du lesbianisme.
- 2Monde des lesbiennes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Lesbos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On dit que Sapho de Lesbos a été une fort bonne maîtresse en ce métier, voire, dit-on, qu’elle l’a inventé, et que depuis les dames lesbiennes l’ont imitée en cela et continué jusques aujourd’hui.
- Goûtez de ce vin de Lesbos, Pansa, dit Salluste ; il est excellent.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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