lignine

\li.ɲin\

/\li.ɲin\/ noun

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The verdict

“lignine” is uncommon French (frequency #86,877 among 128,088 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,877
frequency rank, French
128,088
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Polymère phénolique complexe à structure tridimensionnel, imprégnant la paroi secondaire des cellules de certains tissus végétaux (notamment le bois) et contribuant à leur imperméabilité, rigidité,...

Corpus desk

Index FR-lignine · lignine · French

lignine · rank #86,877 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,877
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 128,088
  • PHOTO-FINISH limo

Nearest frequency peer: limo (+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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “lignine”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “lignine” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for lignine
PropertyValue
Headwordlignine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\li.ɲin\
Letters7
Frequency rank#86,877
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “lignine” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). lignine lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

lignine is uncommon French at frequency #86,877 among 128,088 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \li.ɲin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Polymère phénolique complexe à structure tridimensionnel, imprégnant la paroi secondaire des cellules de certains tissus végétaux (notamment le bois) et contribuant à leur imperméabilité, rigidité,...".

lignine doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is lignine, spelled L-I-G-N-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Polymère phénolique complexe à structure tridimensionnel, imprégnant la paroi secondaire des cellules de certains tissus végétaux (notamment le bois) et contribuant à leur imperméabilité, rigidité, résistance mécanique et protection contre les agressions.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. [Le métabolisme phénolique] génère également les précurseurs de biopolymères, en particulier ceux de la lignine qui jouent un rôle fondamental dans la formation du système vasculaire.

This word in other languages

lignin(English)lignina(Español)Lignin(Deutsch)

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lignine"?
"lignine" is spelled L-I-G-N-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \li.ɲin\.
What does "lignine" mean?
As a noun, "lignine" means: Polymère phénolique complexe à structure tridimensionnel, imprégnant la paroi secondaire des cellules de certains tissus végétaux (notamment le bois) et contribuant à leur imperméabilité, rigidité,...
How do you pronounce "lignine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lignine" is \li.ɲin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lignine" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "lignine", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Langton#86,863lézarde#86,892kenyane#86,852marinas#86,906
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