lieutenance
\ljøt.nɑ̃s\
The verdict
“lieutenance” is uncommon French (frequency #80,371 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,371
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Charge, office, emploi, grade de lieutenant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lieutenance · lieutenance · French
lieutenance · rank #80,371 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,371
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH libéralité
Nearest frequency peer: libéralité (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « lieutenance »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- libations
libations
19,633 corpus weight
- libéralisé
libéralisé
19,632 corpus weight
- libéralité
libéralité
19,631 corpus weight
- lieutenance
lieutenance
19,630 corpus weight
- ligotés
ligotés
19,629 corpus weight
- lijn
lijn
19,628 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « lieutenance » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lieutenance |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ljøt.nɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #80,371 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « lieutenance » en français
Rare enough to double-check
lieutenance is uncommon French at frequency #80,371 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ljøt.nɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for lieutenance, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is lieutenance, spelled L-I-E-U-T-E-N-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Charge, office, emploi, grade de lieutenant.
- 2Bâtiment affecté au logement du lieutenant du roi.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lieutenance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On a regardé comme un des actes les plus violens du ministère de Castelreagh, d’avoir dépouillé lord Fitz-William de la lieutenance du Yorkshire, pour le punir de son opposition aux vues du gouvernement.
Il fit grande caresse au mari d’Angélique, et lui dit qu’en attendant une compagnie, il lui donnerait une lieutenance, – et qu’il allait mettre mademoiselle de Longueval dans la carrosse de sa sœur, qui était mariée au premier capitaine de son régiment.
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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