lient

\li\

/\li\/ verb

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The verdict

“lient” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,109. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,109
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de lier.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lient · lient · French

lient · rank #27,109 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,109
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH lia

Nearest frequency peer: lia (-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 « lient »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « lient » 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).

lient vs lit
60% similar
lient vs lin
60% similar
lient vs lieu
60% similar

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

Key facts for lient
PropertyValue
Headwordlient
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\li\
Letters5
Frequency rank#27,109
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « lient »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « lia » (#27,108), « Lilian » (#27,110), « kms » (#27,107). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « lient » est au #27,109. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around lient (IPA \li\), averb. Corpus frequency is #27,109 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for lient, with forms such as "ilent", "leint", and "liennt". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lit", "lin", "lieu", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 lient, spelled L-I-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de lier.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de lier.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ilent
  • leint
  • liennt
  • lientt
  • lietn
  • linet
  • llient

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lient - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ilent2leint2liennt1lientt1lietn2linet2llient1
Edit distance from "lient"

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 "lient"?
"lient" is spelled L-I-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \li\.
What does "lient" mean?
As a verb, "lient" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de lier.
What words are commonly confused with "lient"?
"lient" is commonly confused with "lit", "lin", "lieu". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lient"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lient" is \li\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lient" come from?
"lient" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Hergé#27,091Heidi#27,090haven#27,088haras#27,086

Similar misspelling depth

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

Lilian7 variantsmonta7 variantsmundo7 variantserroné7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list