Lescure
\lɛs.kyʁ\
The verdict
“Lescure” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,687. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #30,687
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lescure · Lescure · French
Lescure · rank #30,687 · 10 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #30,687
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH lamar
Nearest frequency peer: lamar (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Lescure”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- lactose
lactose
69,317 corpus weight
- lacune
lacune
69,316 corpus weight
- lamar
lamar
69,315 corpus weight
- Lescure
Lescure
69,314 corpus weight
- less
less
69,313 corpus weight
- levis
levis
69,312 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Lescure” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lescure |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \lɛs.kyʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #30,687 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lescure” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Lescure (IPA \lɛs.kyʁ\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #30,687 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Lescure, with forms such as "elscure", "lecsure", and "lesccure". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "levure", "lecture", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 Lescure, spelled L-E-S-C-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Lescure appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’association La Bougeotte organise un atelier de percussions afro-cubaines animé par Augusto Aguilar, vendredi 16 juin, de 19h15 à 20h45, sous le préau de l’accueil de loisirs, au 16, avenue du Docteur Lescure à Bort-les-Orgues.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elscure
- lecsure
- lesccure
- lescrue
- lescuer
- lescurre
- lesscure
- lesucre
- llescure
- lsecure
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Lescure - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Lescure", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "Lescure" maps to 2 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "levure". View pair
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #30,687 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "L" letter cohort. L–Z browse
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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.