# liege vs lire

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### liege
*noun · IPA /liːd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #30,862*
A free and independent person; specifically, a lord paramount; a sovereign.

### lire
*noun · frequency rank #33,310*
Flesh, brawn, or muscle; the fleshy part of a person or animal in contradistinction to the bone and skin.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
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