liguer

\li.ɡe\

/\li.ɡe\/ verb

The verdict

“liguer” is uncommon French (frequency #99,291 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,291
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unir dans une même ligue.

Corpus desk

Index FR-liguer · liguer · French

liguer · rank #99,291 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,291
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH ligamentaire

Nearest frequency peer: ligamentaire (-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 « liguer »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « liguer » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for liguer
PropertyValue
Headwordliguer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\li.ɡe\
Letters6
Frequency rank#99,291
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « liguer » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).liguertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « ligamentaire » (#99,290), « Lilloises » (#99,292), « limitatif » (#99,293). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « liguer » est au #99,291. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

liguer is uncommon French at frequency #99,291 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \li.ɡe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Unir dans une même ligue.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for liguer, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is liguer, spelled L-I-G-U-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Unir dans une même ligue.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les communes et l’aristocratie, effrayées de l’ascendant que le pouvoir royal avait acquis a la suite de la conquête normande, se liguèrent et firent cause commune contre lui, afin de résister à ses empiétemens.
  2. Nous nous liguerons avec Saladin, plutôt que de supporter le dédain de ces fanatiques que nous méprisons.

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); 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 "liguer"?
"liguer" is spelled L-I-G-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \li.ɡe\.
What does "liguer" mean?
As a verb, "liguer" means: Unir dans une même ligue.
How do you pronounce "liguer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "liguer" is \li.ɡe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "liguer" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list