limier
\li.mje\
The verdict
“limier” is uncommon French (frequency #60,925 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,925
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gros chien de chasse avec lequel le veneur quête et détourne la bête, pour la lancer quand on veut la courir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-limier · limier · French
limier · rank #60,925 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,925
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH Lilou
Nearest frequency peer: Lilou (-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 « limier »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- letizia
letizia
39,079 corpus weight
- liars
liars
39,078 corpus weight
- Lilou
Lilou
39,077 corpus weight
- limier
limier
39,076 corpus weight
- Lisboa
Lisboa
39,075 corpus weight
- lises
lises
39,074 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « limier » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | limier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \li.mje\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #60,925 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « limier » en français
Rare enough to double-check
limier is uncommon French at frequency #60,925 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \li.mje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for limier in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is limier, spelled L-I-M-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Gros chien de chasse avec lequel le veneur quête et détourne la bête, pour la lancer quand on veut la courir.
- 2Agent en civil de la police.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how limier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] l’un d’eux vient du Hexhamshire, il est habitué à suivre la piste des voleurs du Tynedale et du Teviotdale, comme le limier suit la trace du daim blessé […].
[…] ; or, on conçoit l'affectueuse et haute estime de tout veneur pour la sagacité de son limier, lorsqu'on songe que, selon cette sagacité, on chasse ou on fait buisson creux , en cela que le limier doit d'abord chercher et trouver l'animal destiné à être ensuite couru et forcé par la meute.
This word in other languages
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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