lieudit

\ljø.di\

/\ljø.di\/ noun

The verdict

“lieudit” is uncommon French (frequency #81,313 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,313
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lieu, souvent à la campagne, portant un toponyme traditionnel.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lieudit · lieudit · French

lieudit · rank #81,313 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,313
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH Lipp

Nearest frequency peer: Lipp (+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 « lieudit »

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 « lieudit » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for lieudit
PropertyValue
Headwordlieudit
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ljø.di\
Letters7
Frequency rank#81,313
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « lieudit » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.lieudittombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Lipp » (#81,314), « lesser » (#81,311), « Livie » (#81,316). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « lieudit » est au #81,313. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

lieudit is uncommon French at frequency #81,313 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ljø.di\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lieu, souvent à la campagne, portant un toponyme traditionnel.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for lieudit, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is lieudit, spelled L-I-E-U-D-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lieu, souvent à la campagne, portant un toponyme traditionnel.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Tous ces objets ont été trouvés dans une tombe très peu profonde que nous avons fouillée au lieudit « Carrière d’Hospin » près de Bégny (Ardennes).
  2. Près du Colomby, au lieudit Hort de la Côte, se trouve une belle fontaine […]

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 "lieudit"?
"lieudit" is spelled L-I-E-U-D-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ljø.di\.
What does "lieudit" mean?
As a noun, "lieudit" means: Lieu, souvent à la campagne, portant un toponyme traditionnel.
How do you pronounce "lieudit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lieudit" is \ljø.di\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lieudit" come from?
"lieudit" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list