Lesbos
\lɛs.bɔs\
The verdict
“Lesbos” is uncommon French (frequency #52,160 among 128,088 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,160
- frequency rank, French
- 128,088
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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.
| 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) |
Where “Lesbos” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Lesbos is uncommon French at frequency #52,160 among 128,088 “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.
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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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Using “Lesbos”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is L-E-S-B-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \lɛs.bɔs\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.