leviathan
\lɪ.ˈvɑɪ.ə.θən\
The verdict
“leviathan” is uncommon French (frequency #62,411 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,411
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Énormément grand.
Corpus desk
Index FR-leviathan · leviathan · French
leviathan · rank #62,411 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,411
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH lets
Nearest frequency peer: lets (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « leviathan »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- leben
leben
37,594 corpus weight
- lets
lets
37,591 corpus weight
- leviathan
leviathan
37,590 corpus weight
- limiers
limiers
37,588 corpus weight
- logeant
logeant
37,587 corpus weight
- Loisel
Loisel
37,586 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « leviathan » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | leviathan |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \lɪ.ˈvɑɪ.ə.θən\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #62,411 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « leviathan » en français
Rare enough to double-check
leviathan is uncommon French at frequency #62,411 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \lɪ.ˈvɑɪ.ə.θən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Énormément grand.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for leviathan in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is leviathan, spelled L-E-V-I-A-T-H-A-N.
Definition
- 1Énormément grand.
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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