linge de lit
\lɛ̃ʒ də li\
The verdict
“linge de lit” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ensemble des pièces de linge utilisées pour la literie, comme les draps, les taies...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | linge de lit |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lɛ̃ʒ də li\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “linge de lit” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for linge de lit is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \lɛ̃ʒ də li\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Ensemble des pièces de linge utilisées pour la literie, comme les draps, les taies...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for linge de lit, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is linge de lit, spelled L-I-N-G-E- -D-E- -L-I-T.
Definition
- 1Ensemble des pièces de linge utilisées pour la literie, comme les draps, les taies...
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is L-I-N-G-E- -D-E- -L-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.