liman
\li.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“liman” is uncommon French (frequency #84,971 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,971
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lagune, estuaire ou delta des côtes de la mer Noire, en Bulgarie, Roumanie, Ukraine et Russie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-liman · liman · French
liman · rank #84,971 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,971
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH Lillebonne
Nearest frequency peer: Lillebonne (-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 « liman »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- lettrée
lettrée
15,033 corpus weight
- ligués
ligués
15,032 corpus weight
- Lillebonne
Lillebonne
15,031 corpus weight
- liman
liman
15,030 corpus weight
- linette
linette
15,029 corpus weight
- lito
lito
15,028 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « liman » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | liman |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \li.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #84,971 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « liman » en français
Rare enough to double-check
liman is uncommon French at frequency #84,971 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \li.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lagune, estuaire ou delta des côtes de la mer Noire, en Bulgarie, Roumanie, Ukraine et Russie.".
Zero misspellings are on record for liman in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is liman, spelled L-I-M-A-N.
Definition
- 1Lagune, estuaire ou delta des côtes de la mer Noire, en Bulgarie, Roumanie, Ukraine et Russie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how liman appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Puis il était nécessaire de détacher des bâtimens pour garder le liman du Dniéper et empêcher la place assiégée de recevoir des secours.
1849, année marquante pour l'Extrême-Orient : G. I. Nevelskoï, explorant le liman de l'Amour, découvre que Sakhaline est une île et non une péninsule comme on le croyait jusqu'alors.
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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