levrette

\lə.vʁɛt\

/\lə.vʁɛt\/ noun

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The verdict

“levrette” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,249. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,249
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Femelle du lévrier.

Corpus desk

Index FR-levrette · levrette · French

levrette · rank #30,249 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,249
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH lei

Nearest frequency peer: lei (-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 « levrette »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « levrette » 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).

levrette vs Lorette
63% similar
levrette vs lurette
75% similar
levrette vs Laurette
63% similar

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

Key facts for levrette
PropertyValue
Headwordlevrette
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\lə.vʁɛt\
Letters8
Frequency rank#30,249
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « levrette »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).levrettese 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 « lei » (#30,248), « lim » (#30,250), « Lecomte » (#30,247). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « levrette » est au #30,249. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around levrette (IPA \lə.vʁɛt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,249 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for levrette, with forms such as "elvrette", "lervette", and "levertte". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Lorette", "lurette", "Laurette", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is levrette, spelled L-E-V-R-E-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Femelle du lévrier.
  2. 2
    Position sexuelle proche de celle de la cuillère où un des partenaires se présente de dos, tandis que l’autre le pénètre par derrière.
  3. 3
    Outil proche du chemin de fer et destiné à tailler la pierre.
  4. 4
    Meuble représentant la femelle du lévrier dans les armoiries. Elle se différencie du lévrier par le manque de vilenie. À rapprocher de chien, goupil, lévrier, loup et renard.
  5. 5
    Spécialité culinaire de la ville de Charmes, dans les Vosges, composée d’une nougatine enrobée de chocolat amer et fourrée d’une ganache au parfum de framboise.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je me retrouvais moi-même, quand j’avais revu mon haut clocher, la nef aiguë, le cloître et les tombes du xvᵉ siècle qui y sont couchées ; je n’étais à l’aise que dans la compagnie des morts, près de ces chevaliers, de ces nobles dames, dormant d’un sommeil calme, avec leur levrette à leurs pieds et un grand flambeau de pierre à la main.
  2. Sur ces entrefaites, la portière se souleva et Henri de Navarre parut. La petite levrette, qui dormait sur le trône, bondit et courut à lui.

Synonyms

lévrière

This word in other languages

doggy style(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • elvrette
  • lervette
  • levertte
  • levrete
  • levretet
  • levrrette
  • levrtete
  • levvrette
  • llevrette
  • lverette

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of levrette - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

elvrette2lervette2levertte2levrete1levretet2levrrette1levrtete2levvrette1
Edit distance from "levrette"

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 "levrette"?
"levrette" is spelled L-E-V-R-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \lə.vʁɛt\.
What does "levrette" mean?
As a noun, "levrette" means: Femelle du lévrier.
What words are commonly confused with "levrette"?
"levrette" is commonly confused with "Lorette", "lurette", "Laurette". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "levrette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "levrette" is \lə.vʁɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "levrette" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "levrette", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

laissais#30,242mondaine#30,267montrées#30,269irritant#30,225

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Lecomte10 variantslâchés10 variantslancera10 variantskhmers10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list