pleurer des litres

\plœ.ʁe de litʁ\

/\plœ.ʁe de litʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“pleurer des litres” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
18
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pleurer abondamment.

Key facts for pleurer des litres
PropertyValue
Headwordpleurer des litres
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\plœ.ʁe de litʁ\
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “pleurer des litres” sits in French frequency

pleurer des litres falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for pleurer des litres is 18 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \plœ.ʁe de litʁ\. 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: "Pleurer abondamment.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for pleurer des litres, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 pleurer des litres, spelled P-L-E-U-R-E-R- -D-E-S- -L-I-T-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pleurer abondamment.

Synonyms

pleurer comme une Madeleinepleurer toutes les larmes de son corps

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pleurer des litres"?
"pleurer des litres" is spelled P-L-E-U-R-E-R- -D-E-S- -L-I-T-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \plœ.ʁe de litʁ\.
What does "pleurer des litres" mean?
As a verb, "pleurer des litres" means: Pleurer abondamment.
How do you pronounce "pleurer des litres"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pleurer des litres" is \plœ.ʁe de litʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pleurer des litres" come from?
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Using “pleurer des litres”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is P-L-E-U-R-E-R- -D-E-S- -L-I-T-R-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \plœ.ʁe de litʁ\ (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.

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

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