lèvre supérieure
\lɛ.vʁə sy.pe.ʁjœʁ\
The verdict
“lèvre supérieure” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - La supérieure des deux lèvres d’un individu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-levre-superieure · lèvre supérieure · French
lèvre supérieure · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lèvre supérieure |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lɛ.vʁə sy.pe.ʁjœʁ\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
lèvre supérieure is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \lɛ.vʁə sy.pe.ʁjœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "La supérieure des deux lèvres d’un individu.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for lèvre supérieure, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 lèvre supérieure, spelled L-È-V-R-E- -S-U-P-É-R-I-E-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1La supérieure des deux lèvres d’un individu.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.