ligature

\li.ɡa.tyʁ\

/\li.ɡa.tyʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“ligature” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,269. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,269
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nœud de fil, de soie, etc., avec lequel on serre un vaisseau pour prévenir ou arrêter l’écoulement du sang.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ligature · ligature · French

ligature · rank #46,269 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #46,269
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH Lelièvre

Nearest frequency peer: Lelièvre (-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 « ligature »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « ligature » 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).

ligature vs ligure
75% similar

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

Key facts for ligature
PropertyValue
Headwordligature
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\li.ɡa.tyʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#46,269
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ligature »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).ligaturese 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 « Lelièvre » (#46,268), « Limoux » (#46,270), « Lecoq » (#46,267). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « ligature » est au #46,269. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around ligature (IPA \li.ɡa.tyʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,269 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for ligature, with forms such as "ilgature", "lgiature", and "liagture". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "ligure", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is ligature, spelled L-I-G-A-T-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nœud de fil, de soie, etc., avec lequel on serre un vaisseau pour prévenir ou arrêter l’écoulement du sang.
  2. 2
    Action, manière de placer ce nœud.
  3. 3
    Lien de caoutchouc avec lequel on serre la partie supérieure du bras pour faire une piqûre intraveineuse ou une saignée.
  4. 4
    Lettres liées ensemble et quelquefois de mots entiers dont toutes les lettres sont unies les unes aux autres d’un seul trait.
  5. 5
    Formation d’une liaison phosphodiester entre deux polynucléotides.
  6. 6
    Organe servant à maintenir l’anche sur le bec d’un instrument à anche.
  7. 7
    Barre ou barres liant plusieurs hampes de croches ou de ses subdivisions entre elles afin d'indiquer leur valeurs de temps.
  8. 8
    Signe indiquant une syncope.
  9. 9
    Morceau de filin servant à lier provisoirement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ligature provisoire d’un segment d’artère au-dessus d’une blessure.
  2. Ligature chirurgicale de vaisseaux au cours d’une opération.

This word in other languages

ligature(English)Ligatur(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ilgature
  • lgiature
  • liagture
  • ligatrue
  • ligatture
  • ligatuer
  • ligaturre
  • ligautre
  • liggature
  • ligtaure
  • lligature

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ligature - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ilgature2lgiature2liagture2ligatrue2ligatture1ligatuer2ligaturre1ligautre2
Edit distance from "ligature"

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 "ligature"?
"ligature" is spelled L-I-G-A-T-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \li.ɡa.tyʁ\.
What does "ligature" mean?
As a noun, "ligature" means: Nœud de fil, de soie, etc., avec lequel on serre un vaisseau pour prévenir ou arrêter l’écoulement du sang.
What words are commonly confused with "ligature"?
"ligature" is commonly confused with "ligure". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ligature"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ligature" is \li.ɡa.tyʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ligature" come from?
"ligature" 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 "ligature", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Lelièvre#46,268Lebreton#46,266magnolia#46,278Lachance#46,259

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Manosque11 variantsmollusque11 variantsmontons11 variantsnettoyés11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list