lilas

\li.lɑ\

/\li.lɑ\/ noun

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The verdict

“lilas” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,776. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,776
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arbuste ornemental à feuilles opposées simples cultivés pour les petites fleurs odorantes dont la couleur varie selon les espèces et les variétés, en particulier le lilas commun.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lilas · lilas · French

lilas · rank #20,776 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,776
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH lieues

Nearest frequency peer: lieues (-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 « lilas »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « lilas » 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).

lilas vs lis
60% similar
lilas vs Lisa
40% similar
lilas vs lits
60% similar

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

Key facts for lilas
PropertyValue
Headwordlilas
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\li.lɑ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#20,776
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « lilas »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).lilasse 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 « lieues » (#20,775), « living » (#20,777), « lester » (#20,774). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « lilas » est au #20,776. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around lilas (IPA \li.lɑ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,776 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for lilas, with forms such as "illas", "lials", and "lilass". 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, "lis", "Lisa", "lits", 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is lilas, spelled L-I-L-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Arbuste ornemental à feuilles opposées simples cultivés pour les petites fleurs odorantes dont la couleur varie selon les espèces et les variétés, en particulier le lilas commun.
  2. 2
    Fleur de cet arbuste.
  3. 3
    Parfum de cette fleur.
  4. 4
    Couleur bleue mêlée de rouge, qui est le plus ordinairement celle du lilas. #B666D2

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La Cétoine dorée ou Émeraudine de Geoffroy est très commune ; à l’état parfait, elle est essentiellement floricole, elle fréquente depuis la fin de mai jusqu’au commencement de l’automne, dans les champs, les fleurs des Ombellifères et des Chardons, et dans les jardins, les Roses, les Pivoines et les Lilas.
  2. Et puis, je continuais à embellir ma maison : je remplissais des jardinières et j’exposais des potées de couleurs vives. Les lilas plantés par Sam étaient en fleur à présent et, l’un dans l’autre, la vie était belle.

This word in other languages

lilac(English)lila(Español)Flieder(Deutsch)lilás(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • illas
  • lials
  • lilass
  • lillas
  • lilsa
  • llias
  • llilas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lilas - 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.

illas2lials2lilass1lillas1lilsa2llias2llilas1
Edit distance from "lilas"

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 "lilas"?
"lilas" is spelled L-I-L-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is \li.lɑ\.
What does "lilas" mean?
As a noun, "lilas" means: Arbuste ornemental à feuilles opposées simples cultivés pour les petites fleurs odorantes dont la couleur varie selon les espèces et les variétés, en particulier le lilas commun.
What words are commonly confused with "lilas"?
"lilas" is commonly confused with "lis", "Lisa", "lits". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lilas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lilas" is \li.lɑ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lilas" come from?
"lilas" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

hulot#20,755parer#20,808gerbe#20,741pixel#20,817

Similar misspelling depth

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

lieues7 variantsFavre7 variantsduels7 variantssilex7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list