limitait

\li.mi.tɛ\

/\li.mi.tɛ\/ verb

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The verdict

“limitait” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,582. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,582
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de limiter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-limitait · limitait · French

limitait · rank #31,582 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,582
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH Limbourg

Nearest frequency peer: Limbourg (-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 « limitait »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « limitait » 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).

limitait vs limitant
88% similar
limitait vs limitent
75% similar

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

Key facts for limitait
PropertyValue
Headwordlimitait
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\li.mi.tɛ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#31,582
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « limitait »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.limitaitse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Limbourg » (#31,581), « libertine » (#31,580), « lombaire » (#31,584). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « limitait » est au #31,582. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around limitait (IPA \li.mi.tɛ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #31,582 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de limiter.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for limitait, with forms such as "ilmitait", "liimtait", and "limiatit". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "limitant", "limitent", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 limitait, spelled L-I-M-I-T-A-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de limiter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Pendant longtemps, la gestion du stock se limitait à faire en sorte d’éviter d’être en rupture, quitte à sur-stocker un peu.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ilmitait
  • liimtait
  • limiatit
  • limitaitt
  • limitati
  • limitiat
  • limittait
  • limmitait
  • limtiait
  • llimitait
  • lmiitait

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ilmitait2liimtait2limiatit2limitaitt1limitati2limitiat2limittait1limmitait1
Edit distance from "limitait"

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 "limitait"?
"limitait" is spelled L-I-M-I-T-A-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \li.mi.tɛ\.
What does "limitait" mean?
As a verb, "limitait" means: Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de limiter.
What words are commonly confused with "limitait"?
"limitait" is commonly confused with "limitant", "limitent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "limitait"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "limitait" is \li.mi.tɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "limitait" come from?
"limitait" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Limbourg#31,581lombaire#31,584Lapierre#31,576mairesse#31,590

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

manivelle11 variantsJoinville11 variantsjoaillerie11 variantsMartens11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list