lijden
\lɛj.dǝː\
The verdict
“lijden” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Souffrir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lijden · lijden · French
lijden · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lijden |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \lɛj.dǝː\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « lijden » en français
Rare enough to double-check
lijden is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \lɛj.dǝː\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Souffrir.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for lijden, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 lijden, spelled L-I-J-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1Souffrir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lijden appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
honger lijden
hij lijdt aan duizeligheid
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.