lips
\ˈlɪps\
The verdict
“lips” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,867. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #46,867
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de lip.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lips · lips · French
lips · rank #46,867 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #46,867
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH linn
Nearest frequency peer: linn (-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 « lips »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- liberal
liberal
53,137 corpus weight
- limousines
limousines
53,136 corpus weight
- linn
linn
53,135 corpus weight
- lips
lips
53,134 corpus weight
- Logitech
Logitech
53,133 corpus weight
- Loyola
Loyola
53,131 corpus weight
What this shows « lips » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | lips |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈlɪps\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #46,867 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « lips »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around lips (IPA \ˈlɪps\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,867 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de lip.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for lips, with forms such as "ilps", "lipps", and "lipss". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "LP", "LS", "lit", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is lips, spelled L-I-P-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de lip.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ilps
- lipps
- lipss
- lisp
- llips
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lips - 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.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).