léthargie

\le.taʁ.ʒi\

/\le.taʁ.ʒi\/ noun

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The verdict

“léthargie” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,944. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,944
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sommeil profond et continu qui donne au malade une apparence d’insensibilité complète.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lethargie · léthargie · French

léthargie · rank #36,944 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,944
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH lésés

Nearest frequency peer: lésés (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « léthargie »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « léthargie » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for léthargie
PropertyValue
Headwordléthargie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\le.taʁ.ʒi\
Letters9
Frequency rank#36,944
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « léthargie »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).léthargiese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « lésés » (#36,943), « Magellan » (#36,945), « lâchée » (#36,942). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « léthargie » est au #36,944. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around léthargie (IPA \le.taʁ.ʒi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,944 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for léthargie, with forms such as "lethargie", "lléthargie", and "ltéhargie". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is léthargie, spelled L-É-T-H-A-R-G-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sommeil profond et continu qui donne au malade une apparence d’insensibilité complète.
  2. 2
    Grande insensibilité, extrême nonchalance anormales et inquiétantes.
  3. 3
    Assoupissement ; torpeur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how léthargie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Être, tomber en léthargie. — On le croyait mort, il n’était qu’en léthargie.
  2. Et ce médecin qui ne venait point, ce médecin des morts, comme le nommait madame Gabin ! Lui, verrait bien tout de suite que j’étais simplement en léthargie.

This word in other languages

lethargy(English)Lethargie(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lethargie
  • lléthargie
  • ltéhargie
  • léhtargie
  • létahrgie
  • léthagrie
  • léthargei
  • létharggie
  • létharige
  • létharrgie
  • léthhargie
  • léthragie
  • létthargie
  • élthargie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of léthargie - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

lethargie1lléthargie1ltéhargie2léhtargie2létahrgie2léthagrie2léthargei2létharggie1
Edit distance from "léthargie"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "léthargie"?
"léthargie" is spelled L-É-T-H-A-R-G-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \le.taʁ.ʒi\.
What does "léthargie" mean?
As a noun, "léthargie" means: Sommeil profond et continu qui donne au malade une apparence d’insensibilité complète.
What are common misspellings of "léthargie"?
Common misspellings include "lethargie", "lléthargie", "ltéhargie", "léhtargie", "létahrgie". The correct spelling is "léthargie".
How do you pronounce "léthargie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "léthargie" is \le.taʁ.ʒi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "léthargie" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "léthargie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list