lichette
\li.ʃɛt\
The verdict
“lichette” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petite tranche de pain.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lichette · lichette · French
lichette · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lichette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \li.ʃɛt\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « lichette » en français
Rare enough to double-check
lichette is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \li.ʃɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
lichette has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is lichette, spelled L-I-C-H-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Petite tranche de pain.
- 2Petite quantité d’un liquide, d’un aliment.
- 3Action de sucer fortement la peau ou résultat de cette action ; suçon.
- 4Petite attache, faite de tissu, d’une serviette ou chaînette métallique dans le col d’un vêtement (de pluie), servant à les suspendre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lichette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est encore le pain qui sera la victime. À genoux devant mon petit rayon, j'empoigne le quignon et me taille une bonne lichette.
Mes deux compagnons n’étaient pas oubliés : j’aimais tellement mon Papillon que parfois je lui mettais un « soupçon » de beurre sur sa lichette ; je crois qu’il me remerciait avec ses bons yeux.
Synonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.