ligaturer
\li.ɡa.ty.ʁe\
The verdict
“ligaturer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Serrer avec une ligature.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ligaturer · ligaturer · French
ligaturer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ligaturer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \li.ɡa.ty.ʁe\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ligaturer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ligaturer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \li.ɡa.ty.ʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for ligaturer in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is ligaturer, spelled L-I-G-A-T-U-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1Serrer avec une ligature.
- 2Action de former une liaison phosphodiester entre deux polynucléotides.
- 3Substituer un groupe d’œils ou glyphes par une ligature ou par des glyphes formant une ligature.
- 4Fixer ou serrer avec une ficelle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ligaturer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Il plante des greffes, enrobées dans une feuille de plomb et ligaturées au raphia sulfaté, en pleine terre, […].
Oeil n’est pas ligaturé à l’entrée du mot, mais il l’est à l’entrée clin (d’œil). Problème technique sans aucun doute. Dans la version électronique du Hanse, absolument rien n’est ligaturé.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.