# Lille

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /lil/ · frequency rank #29,721

## Definitions
1. The capital of Nord department and the Hauts-de-France region, France.
2. A town and municipality of the province of Antwerp, Belgium.

## Etymology
From French Lille (see there for more), from Old French l'Isle (“the Island”), ultimately from Latin īnsula (“island”). Compare also isle and Lyle.

## Easily confused with
- **LLL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lille-vs-lll)
- **live** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lille-vs-live)
- **line** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lille-vs-line)
- **lily** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lille-vs-lily)
- **lime** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lille-vs-lime)
- **lite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lille-vs-lite)
- **Lyle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lille-vs-lyle)
- **lull** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lille-vs-lull)
- **lire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lille-vs-lire)
- **Lise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lille-vs-lise)
- **lilo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lille-vs-lilo)
- **Lilly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lille-vs-lilly)
- **litre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lille-vs-litre)
- **lolly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lille-vs-lolly)
- **Linde** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lille-vs-linde)
- **lisle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lille-vs-lisle)
- **little** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lille-vs-little)
- **Lucille** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lille-vs-lucille)
- **lie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lie-vs-lille)
- **lil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lil-vs-lille)

## Common misspellings (5)
`illle`, `lile`, `lilel`, `llile`, `llille`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/lille