linear
\lineˈaːɐ̯\
The verdict
“linear” is uncommon French (frequency #65,278 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,278
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Linéaire, rectiligne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-linear · linear · French
linear · rank #65,278 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,278
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH limitative
Nearest frequency peer: limitative (-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 « linear »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Leyla
Leyla
34,726 corpus weight
- lignages
lignages
34,725 corpus weight
- limitative
limitative
34,724 corpus weight
- linear
linear
34,723 corpus weight
- liquoreux
liquoreux
34,722 corpus weight
- Lisbon
Lisbon
34,721 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « linear » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | linear |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \lineˈaːɐ̯\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #65,278 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « linear » en français
Rare enough to double-check
linear is uncommon French at frequency #65,278 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \lineˈaːɐ̯\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
linear has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is linear, spelled L-I-N-E-A-R.
Definition
- 1Linéaire, rectiligne.
- 2Linéaire, pour une fonction.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how linear appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die erste lineare Stadt von Arturo Soria y Mata sollte zunächst die Satellitenstädte um Madrid miteinander verknüpfen.
Lineare Funktionen gehören zu den relativ einfachen Funktionen in der Mathematik. Sie sind stetig und differenzierbar.
Synonyms
Antonyms
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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