liana
The verdict
“liana” is uncommon French (frequency #74,154 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,154
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Liane ligneuse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-liana · liana · French
liana · rank #74,154 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,154
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH LGBTI
Nearest frequency peer: LGBTI (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangs de longue queue près de « liana »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Lesquin
Lesquin
25,852 corpus weight
- levèrent
levèrent
25,850 corpus weight
- LGBTI
LGBTI
25,848 corpus weight
- liana
liana
25,847 corpus weight
- lidia
lidia
25,846 corpus weight
- lingette
lingette
25,844 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « liana » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | liana |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #74,154 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « liana » en français
Rare enough to double-check
liana is uncommon French at frequency #74,154 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Liane ligneuse.".
Zero misspellings are on record for liana in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is liana, spelled L-I-A-N-A.
Definition
- 1Liane ligneuse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how liana appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In a new study published in the African Journal of Ecology, scientists advocate the temporary removal of lianas in selected areas to help tropical forests grow back.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).