lettons

\lɛ.tɔ̃\

/\lɛ.tɔ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“lettons” is uncommon French (frequency #61,658 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,658
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de letton.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lettons · lettons · French

lettons · rank #61,658 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,658
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH lett

Nearest frequency peer: lett (-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 « lettons »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « lettons » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for lettons
PropertyValue
Headwordlettons
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\lɛ.tɔ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#61,658
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « lettons » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).lettonstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « lett » (#61,657), « Lhassa » (#61,659), « lieder » (#61,660). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « lettons » est au #61,658. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

lettons is uncommon French at frequency #61,658 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \lɛ.tɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Masculin pluriel de letton.".

lettons doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is lettons, spelled L-E-T-T-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de letton.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les groupes ukrainiens, mexicains, lettons et lituaniens, qui devaient y participer, n’ont finalement pas pu être présents pour entonner la Marseillaise.

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 "lettons"?
"lettons" is spelled L-E-T-T-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \lɛ.tɔ̃\.
What does "lettons" mean?
As an adjective, "lettons" means: Masculin pluriel de letton.
How do you pronounce "lettons"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lettons" is \lɛ.tɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lettons" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

loosers#61,663lavoirs#61,652loquace#61,664Lamarre#61,648

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list