limits
\li.ˈmit͡s\
The verdict
“limits” is uncommon French (frequency #70,797 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,797
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de limit.
Corpus desk
Index FR-limits · limits · French
limits · rank #70,797 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,797
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH limer
Nearest frequency peer: limer (-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 « limits »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Leni
Leni
29,207 corpus weight
- limer
limer
29,205 corpus weight
- limits
limits
29,204 corpus weight
- lins
lins
29,203 corpus weight
- livrable
livrable
29,202 corpus weight
- logeuse
logeuse
29,201 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « limits » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | limits |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \li.ˈmit͡s\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #70,797 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « limits » en français
Rare enough to double-check
limits is uncommon French at frequency #70,797 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \li.ˈmit͡s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de limit.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for limits in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is limits, spelled L-I-M-I-T-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de limit.
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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