loyal

\lwa.jal\

/\lwa.jal\/ adj

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The verdict

“loyal” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,670. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,670
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui montre de la loyauté ; qui est sincère, droit, franc, plein d’honneur et de probité.

Corpus desk

Index FR-loyal · loyal · French

loyal · rank #15,670 · 7 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,670
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH Loïc

Nearest frequency peer: Loïc (+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 « loyal »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « loyal » 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).

loyal vs loyer
60% similar
loyal vs loyaux
67% similar
loyal vs loyale
83% similar

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

Key facts for loyal
PropertyValue
Headwordloyal
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\lwa.jal\
Letters5
Frequency rank#15,670
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « loyal »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).loyalse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Loïc » (#15,671), « lessive » (#15,668), « légalisation » (#15,672). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « loyal » est au #15,670. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around loyal (IPA \lwa.jal\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #15,670 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 loyal, with forms such as "lloyal", "loayl", and "loyall". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "loyer", "loyaux", "loyale", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 loyal, spelled L-O-Y-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui montre de la loyauté ; qui est sincère, droit, franc, plein d’honneur et de probité.
  2. 2
    Qui est conforme à la loi ; par la loi.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L'admiration se transforme en amitié. Pacaud sera loyal à Laurier toute sa vie. Ce dernier lui rendra la pareille.
  2. Le fonctionnaire de la police nationale est loyal envers les institutions républicaines.

Antonyms

inconstantdéloyalilloyalfourbe

This word in other languages

honest(English)leal(Español)loyal(Deutsch)leal(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lloyal
  • loayl
  • loyall
  • loyla
  • loyyal
  • lyoal
  • olyal

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of loyal - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

lloyal1loayl2loyall1loyla2loyyal1lyoal2olyal2
Edit distance from "loyal"

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 "loyal"?
"loyal" is spelled L-O-Y-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is \lwa.jal\.
What does "loyal" mean?
As an adjective, "loyal" means: Qui montre de la loyauté ; qui est sincère, droit, franc, plein d’honneur et de probité.
What words are commonly confused with "loyal"?
"loyal" is commonly confused with "loyer", "loyaux", "loyale". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "loyal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "loyal" is \lwa.jal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "loyal" come from?
"loyal" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

kurde#15,665jurer#15,663Nadal#15,692ocean#15,697

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

marrer7 variantsNDLR7 variantsheart7 variantsferrée7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list