louée

\lu.e\

/\lu.e\/ noun

The verdict

“louée” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,724. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,724
frequency rank, French
128,088
“L” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pratique traditionnelle au cours de laquelle les domestiques proposaient leurs services. Cet usage avait lieu à la Saint-Jean (24 juin) pour les travaux des champs et à la Saint-Martin (11 novembre...

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

louée vs lue
60% similar
louée vs lune
60% similar
louée vs love
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for louée
PropertyValue
Headwordlouée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\lu.e\
Letters5
Frequency rank#25,724
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “louée” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). louée lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around louée (IPA \lu.e\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,724 among 128,088 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pratique traditionnelle au cours de laquelle les domestiques proposaient leurs services. Cet usage avait lieu à la Saint-Jean (24 juin) pour les travaux des champs et à la Saint-Martin (11 novembre...".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for louée, with forms such as "llouée", "louee", and "loueé". 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, "lue", "lune", "love", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is louée, spelled L-O-U-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pratique traditionnelle au cours de laquelle les domestiques proposaient leurs services. Cet usage avait lieu à la Saint-Jean (24 juin) pour les travaux des champs et à la Saint-Martin (11 novembre) pour les travaux d'hiver et de printemps.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: llouée,louee,loueé,loéue,luoée,oluée

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of louée - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

llouée1louee1loueé2loéue2luoée2oluée2
Edit distance from "louée"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "louée"?
"louée" is spelled L-O-U-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \lu.e\.
What does "louée" mean?
As a noun, "louée" means: Pratique traditionnelle au cours de laquelle les domestiques proposaient leurs services. Cet usage avait lieu à la Saint-Jean (24 juin) pour les travaux des champs et à la Saint-Martin (11 novembre...
What words are commonly confused with "louée"?
"louée" is commonly confused with "lue", "lune", "love". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "louée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "louée" is \lu.e\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "louée" come from?
"louée" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “louée”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is L-O-U-É-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \lu.e\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “lue” - see the side-by-side comparison. louée vs lue
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Same frequency band

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list