lettre d’amour
\lɛtʁ da.muʁ\
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lettre d’amour |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lɛtʁ da.muʁ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lettre d’amour” sits in French frequency
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
- 1Écrit 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "lettre d’amour"?
What does "lettre d’amour" mean?
How do you pronounce "lettre d’amour"?
What language does "lettre d’amour" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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.