Leyde

name

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The verdict

“Leyde” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,119. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,119
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune des Pays-Bas située dans la province de la Hollande-Méridionale.

Corpus desk

Index FR-leyde · Leyde · French

Leyde · rank #31,119 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,119
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH lew

Nearest frequency peer: lew (-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 « Leyde »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Leyde » 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).

Leyde vs lyre
40% similar
Leyde vs Lyme
60% similar
Leyde vs Lyle
60% similar

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

Key facts for Leyde
PropertyValue
HeadwordLeyde
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters5
Frequency rank#31,119
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Leyde »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Leydese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « lew » (#31,118), « libertin » (#31,120), « lavez » (#31,117). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « Leyde » est au #31,119. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Leyde, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #31,119 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Commune des Pays-Bas située dans la province de la Hollande-Méridionale.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Leyde, with forms such as "elyde", "ledye", and "leydde". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lyre", "Lyme", "Lyle", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Leyde, spelled L-E-Y-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune des Pays-Bas située dans la province de la Hollande-Méridionale.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il était le gendre de l’imprimeur Plantin qu’il remplaça à Anvers avant de diriger, à partir de 1585, une imprimerie à Leyde.
  2. Le père et le fils n’eurent aucun problème tant qu’il restèrent dans les Pays-Bas : d’Amsterdam à Leyde puis à Shiedam, et par bateau jusqu’en Zélande.

This word in other languages

Leiden(English)Leiden(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • elyde
  • ledye
  • leydde
  • leyed
  • leyyde
  • lleyde
  • lyede

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Leyde - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

elyde2ledye2leydde1leyed2leyyde1lleyde1lyede2
Edit distance from "Leyde"

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 "Leyde"?
"Leyde" is spelled L-E-Y-D-E.
What does "Leyde" mean?
As a proper noun, "Leyde" means: Commune des Pays-Bas située dans la province de la Hollande-Méridionale.
What words are commonly confused with "Leyde"?
"Leyde" is commonly confused with "lyre", "Lyme", "Lyle". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Leyde" come from?
"Leyde" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

lavez#31,117maker#31,128Mandy#31,130Massy#31,132

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Lucille7 variantsJuliet7 variantsJosef7 variantsheller7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list