leucémie

\lø.se.mi\

/\lø.se.mi\/ noun

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The verdict

“leucémie” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,991. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,991
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
11
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cancer des cellules de la moelle osseuse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-leucemie · leucémie · French

leucémie · rank #21,991 · 11 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,991
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH Leroux

Nearest frequency peer: Leroux (-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 « leucémie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « leucémie » 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
Key facts for leucémie
PropertyValue
Headwordleucémie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\lø.se.mi\
Letters8
Frequency rank#21,991
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « leucémie »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).leucémiese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Leroux » (#21,990), « lieutenants » (#21,992), « laïques » (#21,989). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « leucémie » est au #21,991. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around leucémie (IPA \lø.se.mi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,991 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Cancer des cellules de la moelle osseuse.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for leucémie, with forms such as "elucémie", "lecuémie", and "leuccémie". 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. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is leucémie, spelled L-E-U-C-É-M-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cancer des cellules de la moelle osseuse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ces diagnostics de leucémie font passer l’équipe médicale par des moments particulièrement difficiles.
  2. Le don de sang permet de soigner de nombreuses maladies et de nombreux cancers tels que leucémies, lymphomes, myélomes…

Synonyms

leucoseleucocythémielymphémiecancer du sang

This word in other languages

leukemia(English)Leukämie(Deutsch)leucemia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • elucémie
  • lecuémie
  • leuccémie
  • leucemie
  • leucméie
  • leucéime
  • leucémei
  • leucémmie
  • leuécmie
  • lleucémie
  • luecémie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of leucémie - 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.

elucémie2lecuémie2leuccémie1leucemie1leucméie2leucéime2leucémei2leucémmie1
Edit distance from "leucémie"

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 "leucémie"?
"leucémie" is spelled L-E-U-C-É-M-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \lø.se.mi\.
What does "leucémie" mean?
As a noun, "leucémie" means: Cancer des cellules de la moelle osseuse.
What are common misspellings of "leucémie"?
Common misspellings include "elucémie", "lecuémie", "leuccémie", "leucemie", "leucméie". The correct spelling is "leucémie".
How do you pronounce "leucémie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "leucémie" is \lø.se.mi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "leucémie" come from?
"leucémie" 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 "leucémie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

lauriers#21,988laitière#21,987joyeuses#21,980Morrison#22,006

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

jouissent11 variantsnovateur11 variantspaperasse11 variantsgadgets11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list