lièvre variable
\ljɛ.vʁə va.ʁjabl\
The verdict
“lièvre variable” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Espèce de lièvre de montagne d'Eurasie, à livrée variable, grise durant la saison chaude, blanche en hiver.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lièvre variable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ljɛ.vʁə va.ʁjabl\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lièvre variable” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for lièvre variable is 15 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ljɛ.vʁə va.ʁjabl\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Espèce de lièvre de montagne d'Eurasie, à livrée variable, grise durant la saison chaude, blanche en hiver.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for lièvre variable, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is lièvre variable, spelled L-I-È-V-R-E- -V-A-R-I-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Espèce de lièvre de montagne d'Eurasie, à livrée variable, grise durant la saison chaude, blanche en hiver.
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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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is L-I-È-V-R-E- -V-A-R-I-A-B-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.