lisent

\liz\

/\liz\/ verb

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The verdict

“lisent” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,187. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,187
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de lire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lisent · lisent · French

lisent · rank #12,187 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,187
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH law

Nearest frequency peer: law (-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 « lisent »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « lisent » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

lisent vs list
67% similar
lisent vs lisez
67% similar
lisent vs liszt
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for lisent
PropertyValue
Headwordlisent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\liz\
Letters6
Frequency rank#12,187
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « lisent »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.lisentse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « law » (#12,186), « lola » (#12,188), « latitude » (#12,185). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « lisent » est au #12,187. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around lisent (IPA \liz\), averb. Corpus frequency is #12,187 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for lisent, with forms such as "ilsent", "liesnt", and "lisennt". 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, "list", "lisez", "liszt", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is lisent, spelled L-I-S-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de lire.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de lire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how lisent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Or vous croyez, vous enseignez, vous soutenez tout cela, & d’ailleurs vous n’avez nullement cette soumission aveugle. Donc que vous êtes un Socinien, que vous favorisez le Socinianisme, & que vous induisez à socinianiser ceux qui vous écoutent & qui lisent vos livres.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ilsent
  • liesnt
  • lisennt
  • lisentt
  • lisetn
  • lisnet
  • lissent
  • llisent
  • lsient

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lisent - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ilsent2liesnt2lisennt1lisentt1lisetn2lisnet2lissent1llisent1
Edit distance from "lisent"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lisent"?
"lisent" is spelled L-I-S-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \liz\.
What does "lisent" mean?
As a verb, "lisent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de lire.
What words are commonly confused with "lisent"?
"lisent" is commonly confused with "list", "lisez", "liszt". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lisent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lisent" is \liz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lisent" come from?
"lisent" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "lisent", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

induit#12,177hétéro#12,175Mozart#12,200habile#12,172

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Louvain9 variantsgarant9 variantsdédiés9 variantsdéconne9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list