Littré
\li.tʁe\
The verdict
“Littré” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #48,015. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,015
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille français, rendu célèbre par Émile Littré, lexicographe du dix-neuvième siècle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-littre · Littré · French
Littré · rank #48,015 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,015
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH loggia
Nearest frequency peer: loggia (+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 « Littré »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- limitera
limitera
51,989 corpus weight
- linges
linges
51,988 corpus weight
- Littré
Littré
51,986 corpus weight
- loggia
loggia
51,985 corpus weight
- login
login
51,984 corpus weight
- loteries
loteries
51,983 corpus weight
What this shows « Littré » 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 | Littré |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \li.tʁe\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #48,015 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Littré »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Littré (IPA \li.tʁe\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #48,015 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Littré, with forms such as "ilttré", "litrté", and "litré". 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, "livre", "lutte", "lotte", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Littré, spelled L-I-T-T-R-É.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille français, rendu célèbre par Émile Littré, lexicographe du dix-neuvième siècle.
- 2Émile Littré lui-même.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Littré appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Parfois, l’explication donnée, père disait : « Vérifions ! » Il ouvrait, sur la table, un tome pesant du dictionnaire de Littré. Tous ceux qui savaient lire venaient se grouper autour de cette bible.
Pour les livres, nous nous serions fait tuer plutôt que de nous en dessaisir. On les empila dans un coin, le dictionnaire de Littré bien accessible, sur le tas, car on l’ouvrait à chaque instant, comme d’autres ouvrent la Bible.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ilttré
- litrté
- litré
- littrré
- littér
- llittré
- ltitré
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Littré - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).