Ligurie
\li.ɡy.ʁi\
The verdict
“Ligurie” is uncommon French (frequency #54,072 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,072
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Région d’Italie, dont la capitale est Gênes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ligurie · Ligurie · French
Ligurie · rank #54,072 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,072
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH leche
Nearest frequency peer: leche (-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 « Ligurie »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- lambeau
lambeau
45,934 corpus weight
- lando
lando
45,933 corpus weight
- Leblond
Leblond
45,931 corpus weight
- leche
leche
45,930 corpus weight
- Ligurie
Ligurie
45,929 corpus weight
- linéarité
linéarité
45,927 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Ligurie » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ligurie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \li.ɡy.ʁi\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #54,072 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Ligurie » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Ligurie is uncommon French at frequency #54,072 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \li.ɡy.ʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Région d’Italie, dont la capitale est Gênes.".
Ligurie has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Ligurie, spelled L-I-G-U-R-I-E.
Definition
- 1Région d’Italie, dont la capitale est Gênes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ligurie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’actuelle région de Ligurie, domaine du génois et des autres dialectes ligures, fait suite à l’ancienne République de Gênes, dissoute en 1797.
Le président de la Ligurie, région voisine du Piémont, a déploré une «tragédie absurde» survenue au moment où l’Italie profite enfin du déconfinement après des mois de restrictions sanitaires.
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.
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