levrette

/\lə.vʁɛt\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#30,249

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

levrette is aFrenchnoun. It means: Femelle du lévrier. Pronounced \lə.vʁɛt\. Often confused with Lorette and lurette.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of levrette in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for levrette is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \lə.vʁɛt\. Corpus data places it at rank #30,249 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for levrette, with forms such as "elvrette", "lervette", and "levertte". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Lorette", "lurette", "Laurette", 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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is levrette, spelled L-E-V-R-E-T-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: elvrette,lervette,levertte,levrete,levretet,levrrette,levrtete,levvrette,llevrette,lverette

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for levrette

Misspelling Variants of "levrette"

elvrette8lervette8levertte8levrete7levretet8levrrette9levrtete8levvrette9
Misspelling Variants of "levrette"

Frequency rank: #30,249 in French

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?
"levrette" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.