leurre

\lœʁ\

/\lœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“leurre” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,184. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,184
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Morceau de cuir rouge en forme d’oiseau, dont les fauconniers se servaient pour appeler les oiseaux de fauconnerie lorsqu’ils ne revenaient pas au réclame.

Corpus desk

Index FR-leurre · leurre · French

leurre · rank #20,184 · 6 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,184
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH labour

Nearest frequency peer: labour (-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 « leurre »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « leurre » 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).

leurre vs lure
67% similar
leurre vs leurs
67% similar
leurre vs lèvre
50% similar

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

Key facts for leurre
PropertyValue
Headwordleurre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\lœʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#20,184
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « leurre »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).leurrese 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 « labour » (#20,183), « limpide » (#20,185), « labeur » (#20,182). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « leurre » est au #20,184. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around leurre (IPA \lœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,184 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for leurre, with forms such as "elurre", "lerure", and "leure". 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, "lure", "leurs", "lèvre", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is leurre, spelled L-E-U-R-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Morceau de cuir rouge en forme d’oiseau, dont les fauconniers se servaient pour appeler les oiseaux de fauconnerie lorsqu’ils ne revenaient pas au réclame.
  2. 2
    Toute chose dont on se sert artificieusement pour attirer quelqu’un et le tromper.
  3. 3
    Appât artificiel imitant un insecte ou un petit poisson, fixé à une ligne de pêche pour attirer le poisson.
  4. 4
    Dispositif de contremesure.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Jeter le leurre en l’air.
  2. L’oiseau étant réclamé fond sur le leurre, vient au leurre.

This word in other languages

lure(English)cebo(Español)Köder(Deutsch)ilusão(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • elurre
  • lerure
  • leure
  • leurer
  • lleurre
  • luerre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

elurre2lerure2leure1leurer2lleurre1luerre2
Edit distance from "leurre"

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 "leurre"?
"leurre" is spelled L-E-U-R-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \lœʁ\.
What does "leurre" mean?
As a noun, "leurre" means: Morceau de cuir rouge en forme d’oiseau, dont les fauconniers se servaient pour appeler les oiseaux de fauconnerie lorsqu’ils ne revenaient pas au réclame.
What words are commonly confused with "leurre"?
"leurre" is commonly confused with "lure", "leurs", "lèvre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "leurre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "leurre" is \lœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "leurre" come from?
"leurre" 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 "leurre", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

labour#20,183labeur#20,182magnus#20,188islamo#20,177

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list