lièvre des marais
\ljɛvʁ de ma.ʁɛ\
The verdict
“lièvre des marais” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Surnom du ragondin.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lièvre des marais |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ljɛvʁ de ma.ʁɛ\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lièvre des marais” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
lièvre des marais is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ljɛvʁ de ma.ʁɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Surnom du ragondin.".
No misspelling variants are generated for lièvre des marais in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is lièvre des marais, spelled L-I-È-V-R-E- -D-E-S- -M-A-R-A-I-S.
Definition
- 1Surnom du ragondin.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “lièvre des marais”
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- The one correct French spelling is L-I-È-V-R-E- -D-E-S- -M-A-R-A-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.