lignage

\li.ɲaʒ\

/\li.ɲaʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“lignage” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,397. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,397
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Race ou famille plus ou moins anciennement connue ; ensemble des personnes de la même lignée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lignage · lignage · French

lignage · rank #38,397 · 10 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,397
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH lights

Nearest frequency peer: lights (-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 « lignage »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « lignage » 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).

lignage vs ligne
71% similar
lignage vs linge
71% similar
lignage vs lignée
71% similar

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

Key facts for lignage
PropertyValue
Headwordlignage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\li.ɲaʒ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#38,397
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « lignage »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).lignagese 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 « lights » (#38,396), « liqueurs » (#38,398), « liquidateur » (#38,399). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « lignage » est au #38,397. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around lignage (IPA \li.ɲaʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,397 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for lignage, with forms such as "ilgnage", "lginage", and "ligange". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "ligne", "linge", "lignée", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is lignage, spelled L-I-G-N-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Race ou famille plus ou moins anciennement connue ; ensemble des personnes de la même lignée.
  2. 2
    Ce qui précéda une chose et lui donna ses caractéristiques.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Après beaucoup d’aventures, il avait pris pour femme une demoiselle de haut lignage.
  2. Issue du mariage de François de Brantes et d'Aymone de Faucigny-Lucinge, elle-même descendante du duc de Berry – fils du roi Charles X –, Anne-Aymone Giscard d'Estaing puisera dans ce haut lignage des codes qui lui faciliteront son rôle de représentation.

This word in other languages

lineage(English)linaje(Español)Sippe(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ilgnage
  • lginage
  • ligange
  • liggnage
  • lignaeg
  • lignagge
  • ligngae
  • lignnage
  • lingage
  • llignage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lignage - 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.

ilgnage2lginage2ligange2liggnage1lignaeg2lignagge1ligngae2lignnage1
Edit distance from "lignage"

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 "lignage"?
"lignage" is spelled L-I-G-N-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \li.ɲaʒ\.
What does "lignage" mean?
As a noun, "lignage" means: Race ou famille plus ou moins anciennement connue ; ensemble des personnes de la même lignée.
What words are commonly confused with "lignage"?
"lignage" is commonly confused with "ligne", "linge", "lignée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lignage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lignage" is \li.ɲaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lignage" come from?
"lignage" 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 "lignage", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

laverie#38,393loulous#38,402meadows#38,420meubler#38,424

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

lights10 variantsmourront10 variantsMékong10 variantsimmigrée10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list