ligne de tir

noun

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The verdict

“ligne de tir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Direction indéfiniment prolongée de l’axe d’un canon ou d’un fusil au moment de la mise à feu.

Key facts for ligne de tir
PropertyValue
Headwordligne de tir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “ligne de tir” sits in French frequency

ligne de tir falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ligne de tir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Direction indéfiniment prolongée de l’axe d’un canon ou d’un fusil au moment de la mise à feu.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ligne de tir, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is ligne de tir, spelled L-I-G-N-E- -D-E- -T-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Direction indéfiniment prolongée de l’axe d’un canon ou d’un fusil au moment de la mise à feu.

This word in other languages

line of fire(English)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ligne de tir"?
"ligne de tir" is spelled L-I-G-N-E- -D-E- -T-I-R.
What does "ligne de tir" mean?
As a noun, "ligne de tir" means: Direction indéfiniment prolongée de l’axe d’un canon ou d’un fusil au moment de la mise à feu.
What language does "ligne de tir" come from?
"ligne de tir" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “ligne de tir”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is L-I-G-N-E- -D-E- -T-I-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list