lettres

\lɛtʁ\

/\lɛtʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“lettres” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,295. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,295
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - La littérature ou la culture.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lettres · lettres · French

lettres · rank #1,295 · 8 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,295
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH humain

Nearest frequency peer: humain (-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 « lettres »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « lettres » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

lettres vs lèvres
57% similar
lettres vs litres
71% similar
lettres vs luttes
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for lettres
PropertyValue
Headwordlettres
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\lɛtʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,295
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « lettres »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).lettresse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « humain » (#1,294), « lois » (#1,296), « goût » (#1,293). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « lettres » est au #1,295. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around lettres (IPA \lɛtʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,295 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for lettres, with forms such as "elttres", "letres", and "letrtes". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "lèvres", "litres", "luttes", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is lettres, spelled L-E-T-T-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    La littérature ou la culture.
  2. 2
    On dit également lettres par opposition aux sciences.
  3. 3
    Certains actes expédiés en chancellerie ou sous le sceau de quelque autorité, de quelque communauté ou compagnie ecclésiastique ou séculière.
  4. 4
    Pâtes alimentaires en forme de lettre, utilisées dans la soupe à la place du vermicelle.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […], ils avaient passé tous trois un délicieux après-midi à faire de la musique et à discuter des dernières productions romantiques, en particulier de celles de « Mocieu Victor Hugo », lequel était, de l’avis d’Étienne, la honte des lettres françaises et la risée de l’Europe.
  2. Oui, imitant la pharmacopée homéopathique qui se sert encore de substances infâmes, de jus de cloporte, de venin de serpent, de suc de hanneton, de sécrétion de putois et de pus de variole, le tout enrobé dans du sucre de lait pour en céler la saveur et l’aspect, le monde des lettres triture, lui aussi, dans le but de les faire absorber sans hauts de cœur…

This word in other languages

letters(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • elttres
  • letres
  • letrtes
  • lettress
  • lettrres
  • lettrse
  • llettres
  • ltetres

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lettres - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

elttres2letres1letrtes2lettress1lettrres1lettrse2llettres1ltetres2
Edit distance from "lettres"

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 "lettres"?
"lettres" is spelled L-E-T-T-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \lɛtʁ\.
What does "lettres" mean?
As a noun, "lettres" means: La littérature ou la culture.
What words are commonly confused with "lettres"?
"lettres" is commonly confused with "lèvres", "litres", "luttes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lettres"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lettres" is \lɛtʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lettres" come from?
"lettres" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Londres#1,297surface#1,302atteint#1,283victime#1,307

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

humain8 variantsmadame8 variantschoisi8 variantsboulot8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list