LGBTQ
\ɛl.ʒe.be.te.ky\
The verdict
“LGBTQ” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,430. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,430
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Appartenant ou relatif à la communauté homosexuelle, bisexuelle, transgenre, transsexuelle ou queer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lgbtq · LGBTQ · French
LGBTQ · rank #42,430 · 9 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #42,430
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH least
Nearest frequency peer: least (-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 « LGBTQ »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- laides
laides
57,574 corpus weight
- larynx
larynx
57,573 corpus weight
- least
least
57,572 corpus weight
- LGBTQ
LGBTQ
57,571 corpus weight
- liasses
liasses
57,570 corpus weight
- liberticide
liberticide
57,569 corpus weight
What this shows « LGBTQ » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | LGBTQ |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛl.ʒe.be.te.ky\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #42,430 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « LGBTQ »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around LGBTQ (IPA \ɛl.ʒe.be.te.ky\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #42,430 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Appartenant ou relatif à la communauté homosexuelle, bisexuelle, transgenre, transsexuelle ou queer.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for LGBTQ, with forms such as "glbtq", "lbgtq", and "lgbbtq". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "LGBT", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is LGBTQ, spelled L-G-B-T-Q.
Definition
- 1Appartenant ou relatif à la communauté homosexuelle, bisexuelle, transgenre, transsexuelle ou queer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how LGBTQ appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cependant,dès que l'on envisage des discriminations au sein des milieux LGBTQ, ce terme devient trop vague et ne permet pas de caractériser les discriminations subies ou les rapports de domination.
Ainsi, il règne en Pologne un climat d’intolérance à l’égard des lesbiennes et des personnes LGBTQ en général : des événements publics comme la Gay Pride (fête de la fierté LGBTQ qui se tient une fois par an) organisés par la communauté LGBTQ sont interdits, […].
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- glbtq
- lbgtq
- lgbbtq
- lgbqt
- lgbtqq
- lgbttq
- lggbtq
- lgtbq
- llgbtq
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of LGBTQ - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "LGBTQ", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).