lii

pron

The verdict

“lii” is uncommon French (frequency #72,497 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,497
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ceci.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lii · lii · French

lii · rank #72,497 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,497
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH licites

Nearest frequency peer: licites (-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 « lii »

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 « lii » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for lii
PropertyValue
Headwordlii
LanguageFrench
Part of speechPronoun
Letters3
Frequency rank#72,497
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « lii » en français

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « licites » (#72,496), « linder » (#72,498), « libra » (#72,495). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « lii » est au #72,497. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

lii is uncommon French at frequency #72,497 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as apronoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ceci.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for lii, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 lii, spelled L-I-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ceci.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. lii lan la ? : qu’est ceci ?

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 "lii"?
"lii" is spelled L-I-I.
What does "lii" mean?
As a pronoun, "lii" means: Ceci.
What language does "lii" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list