likely
\ˈlaɪk.li\
The verdict
“likely” is uncommon French (frequency #85,877 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,877
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vraisemblable, plausible.
Corpus desk
Index FR-likely · likely · French
likely · rank #85,877 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,877
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH libellée
Nearest frequency peer: libellée (-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 « likely »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- lias
lias
14,127 corpus weight
- Libano
Libano
14,126 corpus weight
- libellée
libellée
14,125 corpus weight
- likely
likely
14,124 corpus weight
- limoge
limoge
14,123 corpus weight
- limoneux
limoneux
14,122 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « likely » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | likely |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈlaɪk.li\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #85,877 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « likely » en français
Rare enough to double-check
likely is uncommon French at frequency #85,877 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈlaɪk.li\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vraisemblable, plausible.".
No misspelling variants are generated for likely in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is likely, spelled L-I-K-E-L-Y.
Definition
- 1Vraisemblable, plausible.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how likely appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Because it is not only simpler, but, arguably, more natural, extended sequence unpacking will likely become widespread in Python code over time.
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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