Lied

\liːt\

/\liːt\/ noun

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The verdict

“Lied” is uncommon French (frequency #58,068 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,068
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chanson, chant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lied · Lied · French

Lied · rank #58,068 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,068
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH lexie

Nearest frequency peer: lexie (-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 « Lied »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Lied » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Lied
PropertyValue
HeadwordLied
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\liːt\
Letters4
Frequency rank#58,068
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Lied » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Liedtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « lexie » (#58,067), « Lavinia » (#58,065), « lévriers » (#58,072). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « Lied » est au #58,068. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Lied is uncommon French at frequency #58,068 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \liːt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Lied, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Lied, spelled L-I-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Chanson, chant.
  2. 2
    Épopée, chanson.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Lied appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ich höre oft französische Lieder.
  2. "Ich habe ein Dutzend neue Lieder getextet, aber wir hatten noch keine Zeit, sie einzuspielen", erzählt der Sänger.

Synonyms

GesangSang

Antonyms

KantateMusicalOperOperetteOratoriumBallettInstrumentalstückKonzertRhapsodieSinfonie

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Lied"?
"Lied" is spelled L-I-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is \liːt\.
What does "Lied" mean?
As a noun, "Lied" means: Chanson, chant.
How do you pronounce "Lied"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Lied" is \liːt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Lied" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Lied", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

kush#58,052Meer#58,085koen#58,050MPEG#58,105

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list