leur
\lœʁ\
The verdict
“leur” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #72. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #72
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Qui est à eux ou à elles.
Corpus desk
Index FR-leur · leur · French
leur · rank #72 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #72
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH deux
Nearest frequency peer: deux (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “leur”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- aussi
aussi
99,932 corpus weight
- peut
peut
99,931 corpus weight
- deux
deux
99,930 corpus weight
- leur
leur
99,929 corpus weight
- moi
moi
99,928 corpus weight
- ces
ces
99,927 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “leur” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | leur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Determiner |
| IPA | \lœʁ\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #72 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “leur” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around leur (IPA \lœʁ\), adeterminer. Corpus frequency is #72 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui est à eux ou à elles.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for leur, with forms such as "elur", "leru", and "leurr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Lu", "LR", "lui", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is leur, spelled L-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Qui est à eux ou à elles.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how leur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On ne s’improvise pas usurier, il faut parvenir d’abord à une méritoire insertion dans la mafia des gens bien placés pour exploiter leur prochain.
Ces braves gens n’avaient pas l’air candide et pur d’un jeune séminariste, oh ! non. On voyait à leurs traits durs et prononcés, à leur teint hâlé, à leur front sillonné, que les passions — et quelles passions ! -, que les passions avaient passé par là, et qu’ils avaient mené une vie, hélas ! bien orageuse, ces honnêtes compagnons.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elur
- leru
- leurr
- lleur
- luer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of leur - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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 September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "leur", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
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.