lige
\liʒ\
The verdict
“lige” is uncommon French (frequency #66,072 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,072
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualifie un vassal tenant un fief qui le lie d’une obligation exclusive envers son seigneur dominant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lige · lige · French
lige · rank #66,072 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,072
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH lifetime
Nearest frequency peer: lifetime (-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 « lige »
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 « lige » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lige |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \liʒ\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #66,072 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « lige » en français
Rare enough to double-check
lige is uncommon French at frequency #66,072 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \liʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for lige in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is lige, spelled L-I-G-E.
Definition
- 1Qualifie un vassal tenant un fief qui le lie d’une obligation exclusive envers son seigneur dominant.
- 2Qualifie ce lien de vassalité.
- 3Qui dépend de quelqu’un.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lige appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En 1214, il fit hommage du sénéchalat de Champagne à la comtesse Blanche et à son fils Thibaut, mineur, qu'il jura de défendre, comme étant son homme lige, contre les fils du comte Henri et contre toute créature morte ou vivante.
Les porcs saxons que j’ai tués étaient les ennemis de mon pays, de ma race et de mon seigneur lige.
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 "lige"?
What does "lige" mean?
How do you pronounce "lige"?
What language does "lige" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "lige", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).