likes

\lajk\

/\lajk\/ noun

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The verdict

“likes” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,719. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,719
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-likes · likes · French

likes · rank #25,719 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,719
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH liberia

Nearest frequency peer: liberia (-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 « likes »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « likes » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

likes vs lis
60% similar
likes vs lire
60% similar
likes vs live
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for likes
PropertyValue
Headwordlikes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\lajk\
Letters5
Frequency rank#25,719
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « likes »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).likesse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « liberia » (#25,718), « lino » (#25,720), « lira » (#25,721). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « likes » est au #25,719. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around likes (IPA \lajk\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,719 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de like.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for likes, with forms such as "ilkes", "lieks", and "likess". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lis", "lire", "live", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is likes, spelled L-I-K-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de like.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. ... Un mouvement de soutien à Fabio R. est d’ailleurs en train de naître sur certains réseaux sociaux, puisqu’une page Facebook, intitulée « Tous avec toi Fabio », a reçu près de cinq mille likes lors de son premier jour d’existence.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ilkes
  • lieks
  • likess
  • likkes
  • likse
  • lkies
  • llikes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of likes - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ilkes2lieks2likess1likkes1likse2lkies2llikes1
Edit distance from "likes"

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 "likes"?
"likes" is spelled L-I-K-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \lajk\.
What does "likes" mean?
As a noun, "likes" means: Pluriel de like.
What words are commonly confused with "likes"?
"likes" is commonly confused with "lis", "lire", "live". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "likes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "likes" is \lajk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "likes" come from?
"likes" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

louée#25,724Jehan#25,707jaser#25,706Mitch#25,736

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

intox7 variantsmotor7 variantsPepsi7 variantsforma7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list