lethal
\ˈliː.θəl\
The verdict
“lethal” is uncommon French (frequency #87,803 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,803
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Létal, meurtrier, mortel.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lethal · lethal · French
lethal · rank #87,803 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,803
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH lessiver
Nearest frequency peer: lessiver (-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 « lethal »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- lawyer
lawyer
12,201 corpus weight
- legendary
legendary
12,200 corpus weight
- lessiver
lessiver
12,199 corpus weight
- lethal
lethal
12,198 corpus weight
- leti
leti
12,197 corpus weight
- Leyden
Leyden
12,196 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « lethal » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lethal |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈliː.θəl\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #87,803 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « lethal » en français
Rare enough to double-check
lethal is uncommon French at frequency #87,803 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈliː.θəl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Létal, meurtrier, mortel.".
lethal doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is lethal, spelled L-E-T-H-A-L.
Definition
- 1Létal, meurtrier, mortel.
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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