leurs
\lœʁ\
The verdict
“leurs” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #126. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #126
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel. Qui sont à eux. Plusieurs possesseurs et plusieurs objets.
Corpus desk
Index FR-leurs · leurs · French
leurs · rank #126 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #126
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH trop
Nearest frequency peer: trop (-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 “leurs”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- quoi
quoi
99,878 corpus weight
- soit
soit
99,877 corpus weight
- trop
trop
99,876 corpus weight
- leurs
leurs
99,875 corpus weight
- ton
ton
99,874 corpus weight
- toute
toute
99,873 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “leurs” 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 | leurs |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Determiner |
| IPA | \lœʁ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #126 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “leurs” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around leurs (IPA \lœʁ\), adeterminer. Corpus frequency is #126 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du pluriel. Qui sont à eux. Plusieurs possesseurs et plusieurs objets.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for leurs, with forms such as "elurs", "lerus", and "leurrs". 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, "lus", "lors", "luis", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is leurs, spelled L-E-U-R-S.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du pluriel. Qui sont à eux. Plusieurs possesseurs et plusieurs objets.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how leurs appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
La plupart des passagers sont des marchands danois qui vont visiter leurs comptoirs d’Islande ou leurs pêcheries des îles Féroë.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elurs
- lerus
- leurrs
- leurss
- leusr
- lleurs
- luers
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of leurs - 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.
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 3, 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 "leurs", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "leurs". Here's where to go from here.
- "leurs" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "lus". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #126 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "L" letter cohort. L–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.