limites

\li.mit\

/\li.mit\/ noun

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The verdict

“limites” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,285. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,285
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de limite.

Corpus desk

Index FR-limites · limites · French

limites · rank #2,285 · 10 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,285
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH jugement

Nearest frequency peer: jugement (-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 « limites »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « limites » 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).

limites vs listés
57% similar
limites vs limoges
71% similar
limites vs litiges
71% similar

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

Key facts for limites
PropertyValue
Headwordlimites
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\li.mit\
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,285
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « limites »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.limitesse 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 « jugement » (#2,284), « marcher » (#2,286), « japonais » (#2,283). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « limites » est au #2,285. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around limites (IPA \li.mit\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,285 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de limite.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for limites, with forms such as "ilmites", "liimtes", and "limiets". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "listés", "limoges", "litiges", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is limites, spelled L-I-M-I-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de limite.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Qui sait ce qu’est l’éternité, l’illimité, l’infini spatial, toutes choses qui sont précisément le contraire de la conscience dont les caractéristiques sont d’être ce qu’elle sait, de ne pouvoir fonctionner que dans ses limites, de devoir se spatiotemporaliser pour être.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ilmites
  • liimtes
  • limiets
  • limitess
  • limitse
  • limittes
  • limmites
  • limties
  • llimites
  • lmiites

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of limites - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ilmites2liimtes2limiets2limitess1limitse2limittes1limmites1limties2
Edit distance from "limites"

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 "limites"?
"limites" is spelled L-I-M-I-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \li.mit\.
What does "limites" mean?
As a noun, "limites" means: Pluriel de limite.
What words are commonly confused with "limites"?
"limites" is commonly confused with "listés", "limoges", "litiges". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "limites"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "limites" is \li.mit\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "limites" come from?
"limites" 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 "limites", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

marcher#2,286monnaie#2,287entends#2,275devrais#2,273

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

coucher10 variantsrythme10 variantschamps10 variantsapparaît10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list