lettre d’amour

\lɛtʁ da.muʁ\

/\lɛtʁ da.muʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“lettre d’amour” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Écrit dont le sujet central est un échange amoureux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lettre-d-amour · lettre d’amour · French

lettre d’amour · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "L" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for lettre d’amour
PropertyValue
Headwordlettre d’amour
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\lɛtʁ da.muʁ\
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “lettre d’amour” sits in French frequency

lettre d’amour falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

lettre d’amour is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \lɛtʁ da.muʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Écrit dont le sujet central est un échange amoureux.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for lettre d’amour in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is lettre d’amour, spelled L-E-T-T-R-E- -D-’-A-M-O-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Écrit dont le sujet central est un échange amoureux.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lettre d’amour"?
"lettre d’amour" is spelled L-E-T-T-R-E- -D-’-A-M-O-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \lɛtʁ da.muʁ\.
What does "lettre d’amour" mean?
As a noun, "lettre d’amour" means: Écrit dont le sujet central est un échange amoureux.
How do you pronounce "lettre d’amour"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lettre d’amour" is \lɛtʁ da.muʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lettre d’amour" come from?
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list