louis d’or
\lwi d‿ɔʁ\
The verdict
“louis d’or” 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
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Type de monnaie d’or frappée dans la France de l’Ancien Régime, ayant la valeur de l’ancien écu. Puis appellation courante de la pièce d’or de 20 francs français ayant circulé en France jusqu’en 1914.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | louis d’or |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lwi d‿ɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “louis d’or” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for louis d’or is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \lwi d‿ɔʁ\. 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: "Type de monnaie d’or frappée dans la France de l’Ancien Régime, ayant la valeur de l’ancien écu. Puis appellation courante de la pièce d’or de 20 francs français ayant circulé en France jusqu’en 1914.".
louis d’or has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is louis d’or, spelled L-O-U-I-S- -D-’-O-R.
Definition
- 1Type de monnaie d’or frappée dans la France de l’Ancien Régime, ayant la valeur de l’ancien écu. Puis appellation courante de la pièce d’or de 20 francs français ayant circulé en France jusqu’en 1914.
Synonyms
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Using “louis d’or”
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- The one correct French spelling is L-O-U-I-S- -D-’-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \lwi d‿ɔʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.