linéaire
\li.ne.ɛʁ\
The verdict
“linéaire” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #9,868 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #9,868
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui a rapport aux lignes, qui se fait par des lignes.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | linéaire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \li.ne.ɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #9,868 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “linéaire” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for linéaire is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \li.ne.ɛʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #9,868 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for linéaire, with forms such as "ilnéaire", "linaéire", and "lineaire". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "lunaire", "linéaires", "libraire", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is linéaire, spelled L-I-N-É-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Qui a rapport aux lignes, qui se fait par des lignes.
- 2Caractérise une fonction de type y = ax où a ∈ ℝ.
- 3Se dit d’une feuille étroite et allongée, à bords parallèles.
- 4Qualifie un phénomène ou un dispositif où l’effet est strictement proportionnel à la cause.
- 5Qui évolue en ligne droite, sans changement de direction, sans retour en arrière.
- 6Se dit d’une macromolécule ou d’un polymère résultant d’une répétition multiple en séquence linéaire d’unités qui dérivent de molécules de faible masse moléculaire.
- 7Qui s'écrit sur une ou plusieurs lignes d'écriture, horizontales ou plus rarement (mongol, mandchou, …) verticales.
- 8Qualifie le mode diffusion télévisuel classique par opposition à d’autres concepts, comme la vidéo à la demande, le replay ou le différé.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ilnéaire,linaéire,lineaire,linnéaire,linéaier,linéairre,linéarie,linéiare,liénaire,llinéaire,lniéaire
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of linéaire - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “linéaire”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is L-I-N-É-A-I-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \li.ne.ɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “lunaire” - see the side-by-side comparison. linéaire vs lunaire
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.