limace

\li.mas\

/\li.mas\/ noun

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The verdict

“limace” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,984. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,984
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mollusque gastéropode, à coquille plate très réduite, de forme allongée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-limace · limace · French

limace · rank #42,984 · 8 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,984
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH liquid

Nearest frequency peer: liquid (+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 « limace »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « limace » 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).

limace vs lime
67% similar
limace vs limbe
67% similar
limace vs limite
67% similar

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

Key facts for limace
PropertyValue
Headwordlimace
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\li.mas\
Letters6
Frequency rank#42,984
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « limace »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).limacese 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 « liquid » (#42,985), « littoraux » (#42,986), « Lewandowski » (#42,981). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « limace » est au #42,984. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around limace (IPA \li.mas\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,984 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for limace, with forms such as "ilmace", "liamce", and "limacce". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "lime", "limbe", "limite", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is limace, spelled L-I-M-A-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mollusque gastéropode, à coquille plate très réduite, de forme allongée.
  2. 2
    Personne lente.
  3. 3
    Personne paresseuse.
  4. 4
    Nom vulgaire de la vis d’Archimède.
  5. 5
    Cravate.
  6. 6
    Chemise.
  7. 7
    Lèvre (le plus souvent au pluriel).
  8. 8
    Limace de mer : Autre nom du liparis, petit poisson de la mer du Nord et de la Baltique, à peau visqueuse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mon oncle avait une longue canne, terminée par une brochette de fer, au moyen de laquelle il enfilait les limaces et les escargots, mangeurs de salades.
  2. Temps humide, redoux… malheureusement pour les cultures de printemps, le climat printanier plait aux limaces.

This word in other languages

slug(English)babosa(Español)Nacktschnecke(Deutsch)lesma(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ilmace
  • liamce
  • limacce
  • limaec
  • limcae
  • limmace
  • llimace
  • lmiace

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ilmace2liamce2limacce1limaec2limcae2limmace1llimace1lmiace2
Edit distance from "limace"

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 "limace"?
"limace" is spelled L-I-M-A-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \li.mas\.
What does "limace" mean?
As a noun, "limace" means: Mollusque gastéropode, à coquille plate très réduite, de forme allongée.
What words are commonly confused with "limace"?
"limace" is commonly confused with "lime", "limbe", "limite". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "limace"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "limace" is \li.mas\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "limace" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

liquid#42,985landon#42,973kebabs#42,969Maryam#43,004

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

knock8 variantsMaurin8 variantsjetais8 variantsmojito8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list