Schedule of Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	May 31, 2020	May 31, 2019	May 31, 2020	May 31, 2019
Numerator:
Net earnings attributable to Lennar	$ 517,406	$ 421,472	$ 915,858	$ 661,382
Less: distributed earnings allocated to nonvested shares	357	94	690	193
Less: undistributed earnings allocated to nonvested shares	5,931	3,063	9,962	4,987
Numerator for basic earnings per share	511,118	418,315	905,206	656,202
Less: net amount attributable to noncontrolling interests in Rialto's Carried Interest Incentive Plan	3,322	3,331	3,322	3,654
Numerator for diluted earnings per share	$ 507,796	$ 414,984	$ 901,884	$ 652,548
Denominator:
Denominator for basic earnings per share-weighted average common shares outstanding (shares)	308,373	320,329	309,793	320,834
Effect of dilutive securities:
Share-based payments (shares)	0	1	1	6
Denominator for diluted earnings per share-weighted average common shares outstanding (shares)	308,373	320,330	309,794	320,840
Basic earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ 1.66	$ 1.31	$ 2.92	$ 2.05
Diluted earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ 1.65	$ 1.30	$ 2.91	$ 2.03