liège

\ljɛʒ\

/\ljɛʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“liège” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,360. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,360
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Écorce épaisse et légère du chêne-liège qu’on utilise dans la fabrication de bouchons ou comme matériau isolant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-liege · liège · French

liège · rank #5,360 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,360
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH Liban

Nearest frequency peer: Liban (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « liège »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « liège » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

liège vs lieu
40% similar
liège vs lire
60% similar
liège vs lien
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for liège
PropertyValue
Headwordliège
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ljɛʒ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#5,360
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « liège »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).liègese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Liban » (#5,359), « loisirs » (#5,361), « maires » (#5,362). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « liège » est au #5,360. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around liège (IPA \ljɛʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,360 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for liège, with forms such as "ilège", "liege", and "ligèe". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lieu", "lire", "lien", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 liège, spelled L-I-È-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Écorce épaisse et légère du chêne-liège qu’on utilise dans la fabrication de bouchons ou comme matériau isolant.
  2. 2
    Partie la plus superficielle de l’écorce d’un arbre composé de cellules mortes issus de l'assise subéro-phellodermique.
  3. 3
    Chêne-liège.
  4. 4
    Garniture en liège au niveau du tenon de l’emmanchement de deux parties du corps d’un bois et qui permet d’assurer l’étanchéité (joint).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le liège flotte sur l’eau, à cause de sa légèreté.
  2. Les filets des pêcheurs sont garnis de petits morceaux de liège.

Synonyms

suberphellème

This word in other languages

cork(English)corcho(Español)Kork(Deutsch)cortiça(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ilège
  • liege
  • ligèe
  • lièeg
  • liègge
  • lliège
  • lèige

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of liège - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ilège2liege1ligèe2lièeg2liègge1lliège1lèige2
Edit distance from "liège"

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 "liège"?
"liège" is spelled L-I-È-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ljɛʒ\.
What does "liège" mean?
As a noun, "liège" means: Écorce épaisse et légère du chêne-liège qu’on utilise dans la fabrication de bouchons ou comme matériau isolant.
What words are commonly confused with "liège"?
"liège" is commonly confused with "lieu", "lire", "lien". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "liège"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "liège" is \ljɛʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "liège" come from?
"liège" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Liban#5,359parcs#5,375perds#5,378plume#5,381

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

caisses7 variantsalger7 variantswhite7 variantsvache7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list