alisa
\aˈli.sa\
The verdict
“alisa” is uncommon French (frequency #69,576 among 424,905 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,576
- frequency rank, French
- 424,905
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de alisar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alisa |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \aˈli.sa\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #69,576 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “alisa” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
alisa is uncommon French at frequency #69,576 among 424,905 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \aˈli.sa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
alisa doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is alisa, spelled A-L-I-S-A.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de alisar.
- 2Deuxième personne du singulier (tú) de l’impératif de alisar.
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.
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Using “alisa”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-L-I-S-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \aˈli.sa\ (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.