lourds

\luʁ\

/\luʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“lourds” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,673. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,673
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de lourd.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lourds · lourds · French

lourds · rank #5,673 · 9 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,673
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH like

Nearest frequency peer: like (-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 « lourds »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « lourds » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

lourds vs loutres
71% similar
lourds vs lors
67% similar
lourds vs lord
67% similar

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

Key facts for lourds
PropertyValue
Headwordlourds
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\luʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,673
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « lourds »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.lourdsse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « like » (#5,672), « matches » (#5,674), « Laura » (#5,671). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « lourds » est au #5,673. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around lourds (IPA \luʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,673 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de lourd.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for lourds, with forms such as "llourds", "loruds", and "loudrs". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "loutres", "lors", "lord", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 lourds, spelled L-O-U-R-D-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de lourd.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how lourds appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les bruts et les fuel-oils lourds, par contre, ne s’évaporent que plus lentement ou même quasiment pas dans certains cas.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • llourds
  • loruds
  • loudrs
  • lourdds
  • lourdss
  • lourrds
  • loursd
  • luords
  • olurds

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

llourds1loruds2loudrs2lourdds1lourdss1lourrds1loursd2luords2
Edit distance from "lourds"

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 "lourds"?
"lourds" is spelled L-O-U-R-D-S. The IPA pronunciation is \luʁ\.
What does "lourds" mean?
As an adjective, "lourds" means: Masculin pluriel de lourd.
What words are commonly confused with "lourds"?
"lourds" is commonly confused with "loutres", "lors", "lord". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lourds"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lourds" is \luʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lourds" come from?
"lourds" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "lourds", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list