lesser
\ˈlɛs.ɚ\
The verdict
“lesser” is uncommon French (frequency #81,311 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,311
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Comparatif de little. Plus petit. Souvent utilisé pour nommer le plus petit des deux semblables.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lesser · lesser · French
lesser · rank #81,311 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,311
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH leopardi
Nearest frequency peer: leopardi (-2 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 « lesser »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- leda
leda
18,694 corpus weight
- Leffe
Leffe
18,693 corpus weight
- leopardi
leopardi
18,692 corpus weight
- lesser
lesser
18,690 corpus weight
- lieudit
lieudit
18,688 corpus weight
- Lipp
Lipp
18,687 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « lesser » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lesser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈlɛs.ɚ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #81,311 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « lesser » en français
Rare enough to double-check
lesser is uncommon French at frequency #81,311 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈlɛs.ɚ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Comparatif de little. Plus petit. Souvent utilisé pour nommer le plus petit des deux semblables.".
Zero misspellings are on record for lesser in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is lesser, spelled L-E-S-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Comparatif de little. Plus petit. Souvent utilisé pour nommer le plus petit des deux semblables.
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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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