Lesieur
\lə.sjœʁ\
The verdict
“Lesieur” is uncommon French (frequency #78,576 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,576
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lesieur · Lesieur · French
Lesieur · rank #78,576 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,576
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH levaient
Nearest frequency peer: levaient (+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 « Lesieur »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Lecocq
Lecocq
21,428 corpus weight
- Lesieur
Lesieur
21,425 corpus weight
- levaient
levaient
21,424 corpus weight
- LFB
LFB
21,422 corpus weight
- Libya
Libya
21,421 corpus weight
- Limassol
Limassol
21,419 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Lesieur » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lesieur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \lə.sjœʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #78,576 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Lesieur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Lesieur is uncommon French at frequency #78,576 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \lə.sjœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Lesieur in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Lesieur, spelled L-E-S-I-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
- 2Nom du fondateur en 1908 à Dunkerque de la société « Huileries Georges Lesieur ».
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Lesieur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il la regarda ouvrir une boîte de haricots verts avec un ouvre-boîte, puis les verser dans un saladier où elle avait auparavant mélangé l’huile Lesieur au vinaigre, avec une pincée de sel.
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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