leurrer
\lœ.ʁe\
The verdict
“leurrer” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,875. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,875
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Utiliser un leurre de chasse ou de pêche dans le but d'attirer une proie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-leurrer · leurrer · French
leurrer · rank #39,875 · 7 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,875
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH Lefort
Nearest frequency peer: Lefort (-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 « leurrer »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- layout
layout
60,129 corpus weight
- learn
learn
60,128 corpus weight
- Lefort
Lefort
60,127 corpus weight
- leurrer
leurrer
60,126 corpus weight
- leurres
leurres
60,125 corpus weight
- leve
leve
60,124 corpus weight
What this shows « leurrer » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | leurrer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \lœ.ʁe\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #39,875 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « leurrer »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around leurrer (IPA \lœ.ʁe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #39,875 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for leurrer, with forms such as "elurrer", "lerurer", and "leurerr". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "leurres", "leurre", "laurier", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is leurrer, spelled L-E-U-R-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1Utiliser un leurre de chasse ou de pêche dans le but d'attirer une proie.
- 2Tromper, piéger quelqu’un à l'aide de fausses promesses, mensonges, compliments.
- 3Dresser un oiseau de proie à répondre à l’appel du leurre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how leurrer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette réclame frauduleuse en a leurré plus d'un.
Le long du quai, les grands vaisseaux, Que la houle incline en silence, Ne prennent pas garde aux berceaux, Que la main des femmes balance. Mais viendra le jour des adieux, Car il faut que les femmes pleurent, Et que les hommes curieux Tentent les horizons qui leurrent !
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elurrer
- lerurer
- leurerr
- leurrerr
- leurrre
- lleurrer
- luerrer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of leurrer - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "leurrer", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).