lifetime
\ˈlaɪf.ˌtaɪm\
The verdict
“lifetime” is uncommon French (frequency #66,071 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,071
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - À vie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lifetime · lifetime · French
lifetime · rank #66,071 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,071
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH libéralités
Nearest frequency peer: libéralités (-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 « lifetime »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- leucémies
leucémies
33,932 corpus weight
- libéralités
libéralités
33,931 corpus weight
- lifetime
lifetime
33,930 corpus weight
- lige
lige
33,929 corpus weight
- Lillehammer
Lillehammer
33,928 corpus weight
- limitez
limitez
33,927 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « lifetime » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lifetime |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈlaɪf.ˌtaɪm\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #66,071 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « lifetime » en français
Rare enough to double-check
lifetime is uncommon French at frequency #66,071 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈlaɪf.ˌtaɪm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "À vie.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for lifetime in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is lifetime, spelled L-I-F-E-T-I-M-E.
Definition
- 1À vie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how lifetime appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
You’ve just won a lifetime supply of breakfast cereal!
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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