lieus
\ljø\
The verdict
“lieus” is uncommon French (frequency #91,886 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,886
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de lieu (poisson de mer).
Corpus desk
Index FR-lieus · lieus · French
lieus · rank #91,886 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,886
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH licencieux
Nearest frequency peer: licencieux (-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 « lieus »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Lenglen
Lenglen
8,119 corpus weight
- libériens
libériens
8,117 corpus weight
- licencieux
licencieux
8,116 corpus weight
- lieus
lieus
8,115 corpus weight
- listeria
listeria
8,112 corpus weight
- lived
lived
8,111 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « lieus » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lieus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ljø\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #91,886 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « lieus » en français
Rare enough to double-check
lieus is uncommon French at frequency #91,886 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ljø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de lieu (poisson de mer).".
No generated misspelling entries exist for lieus in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is lieus, spelled L-I-E-U-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de lieu (poisson de mer).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lieus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Des lieus, des chinchards, des aiguillettes, parfois des maquereaux, des bars…
Des lieus jaunes et des calamars séchaient aux rayons dentelés du soleil printanier sur un fil à linge.
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.
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