liar
\ˈlaɪ.ɚ\
The verdict
“liar” is uncommon French (frequency #82,186 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,186
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Menteur, menteuse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-liar · liar · French
liar · rank #82,186 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,186
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH Leys
Nearest frequency peer: Leys (-2 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 « liar »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- leven
leven
17,819 corpus weight
- Leys
Leys
17,817 corpus weight
- liar
liar
17,815 corpus weight
- libertariens
libertariens
17,813 corpus weight
- Liebe
Liebe
17,812 corpus weight
- ligoter
ligoter
17,811 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « liar » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | liar |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈlaɪ.ɚ\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #82,186 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « liar » en français
Rare enough to double-check
liar is uncommon French at frequency #82,186 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈlaɪ.ɚ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Menteur, menteuse.".
Zero misspellings are on record for liar in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is liar, spelled L-I-A-R.
Definition
- 1Menteur, menteuse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how liar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I can’t believe it… that double crossing, cockney… LIAR!
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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