Lesotho
\le.su.tu\
The verdict
“Lesotho” is uncommon French (frequency #50,329 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,329
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État africain enclavé en Afrique du Sud, dont la capitale est Maseru.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lesotho · Lesotho · French
Lesotho · rank #50,329 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,329
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH levons
Nearest frequency peer: levons (+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 « Lesotho »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- lascars
lascars
49,676 corpus weight
- Leinster
Leinster
49,675 corpus weight
- Lesotho
Lesotho
49,672 corpus weight
- levons
levons
49,671 corpus weight
- libera
libera
49,670 corpus weight
- libératrice
libératrice
49,669 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Lesotho » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lesotho |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \le.su.tu\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #50,329 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Lesotho » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Lesotho is uncommon French at frequency #50,329 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \le.su.tu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "État africain enclavé en Afrique du Sud, dont la capitale est Maseru.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Lesotho, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Lesotho, spelled L-E-S-O-T-H-O.
Definition
- 1État africain enclavé en Afrique du Sud, dont la capitale est Maseru.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Lesotho appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le classement permet aussi de désigner le "pays le moins heureux de la planète" : l'Afghanistan, avec une note de 2,52, devant le Zimbabwe, le Rwanda, le Botswana et le Lesotho.
Synonyms
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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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