lettres
\lɛtʁ\
The verdict
“lettres” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #1,295 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,295
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - La littérature ou la culture.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lettres |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lɛtʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,295 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lettres” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for lettres is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \lɛtʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,295 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1La littérature ou la culture.
- 2On dit également lettres par opposition aux sciences.
- 3Certains actes expédiés en chancellerie ou sous le sceau de quelque autorité, de quelque communauté ou compagnie ecclésiastique ou séculière.
- 4Pâtes alimentaires en forme de lettre, utilisées dans la soupe à la place du vermicelle.
This word in other languages
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.
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.
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Using “lettres”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is L-E-T-T-R-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \lɛtʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “lèvres” - see the side-by-side comparison. lettres vs lèvres
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.