like
\lajk\
The verdict
“like” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,672. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,672
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Signal d’approbation d’une publication sur Facebook ou, par extension, sur un média social.
Corpus desk
Index FR-like · like · French
like · rank #5,672 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,672
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH Laura
Nearest frequency peer: Laura (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « like »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Jacob
Jacob
94,332 corpus weight
- jouant
jouant
94,331 corpus weight
- Laura
Laura
94,330 corpus weight
- like
like
94,329 corpus weight
- lourds
lourds
94,328 corpus weight
- matches
matches
94,327 corpus weight
What this shows « like » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | like |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lajk\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #5,672 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « like »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around like (IPA \lajk\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,672 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Signal d’approbation d’une publication sur Facebook ou, par extension, sur un média social.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for like, with forms such as "ilke", "liek", and "likke". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lit", "lis", "lin", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 like, spelled L-I-K-E.
Definition
- 1Signal d’approbation d’une publication sur Facebook ou, par extension, sur un média social.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how like appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Finalement, j’aime vraiment mieux toucher une personne dans le cœur que d’avoir un « like » de plus.
« Si tu veux un like, mets-moi un like » : cette règle, je la connaissais bien sûr, mais j'étais incapable de l'appliquer.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ilke
- liek
- likke
- lkie
- llike
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of like - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "like", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).