liseuse

\li.zøz\

/\li.zøz\/ noun

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The verdict

“liseuse” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,050. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,050
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celle qui lit.

Corpus desk

Index FR-liseuse · liseuse · French

liseuse · rank #32,050 · 9 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,050
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH linguistes

Nearest frequency peer: linguistes (-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 « liseuse »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « liseuse » 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).

liseuse vs lisse
71% similar
liseuse vs lisée
57% similar
liseuse vs liesse
71% similar

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

Key facts for liseuse
PropertyValue
Headwordliseuse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\li.zøz\
Letters7
Frequency rank#32,050
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « liseuse »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « linguistes » (#32,049), « litigieux » (#32,051), « limbes » (#32,048). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « liseuse » est au #32,050. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around liseuse (IPA \li.zøz\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,050 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for liseuse, with forms such as "ilseuse", "liesuse", and "lisesue". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "lisse", "lisée", "liesse", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is liseuse, spelled L-I-S-E-U-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celle qui lit.
  2. 2
    Petit coupe-papier pour ouvrir les livres, autrefois vendus non coupés, et servant aussi de signet.
  3. 3
    Couvre-livre amovible servant à protéger un livre pendant le temps de la lecture.
  4. 4
    Vêtement couvrant les épaules et le buste que les femmes portaient pour lire au lit.
  5. 5
    Petite table destinée à recevoir livres et revues.
  6. 6
    Petite lampe d’appoint utilisée pour éclairer un livre pendant la lecture.
  7. 7
    Pipe à longue tige particulièrement adaptée pour la lecture.
  8. 8
    Appareil dédié à la lecture de livres numériques, ou e-books.
  9. 9
    Ouvrière chargée du lisage.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les femmes galantes à grandes prétentions, grandes liseuses de romans, se font appeler volontiers miss Douglas, miss Montague, etc.
  2. À côté d’elle, sur un tabouret d’ivoire, était assise une jeune liseuse, miss Héléna H***.

Synonyms

dodolivre électronique

This word in other languages

reader(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ilseuse
  • liesuse
  • lisesue
  • liseues
  • liseusse
  • lisseuse
  • lisuese
  • lliseuse
  • lsieuse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of liseuse - 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.

ilseuse2liesuse2lisesue2liseues2liseusse1lisseuse1lisuese2lliseuse1
Edit distance from "liseuse"

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 "liseuse"?
"liseuse" is spelled L-I-S-E-U-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \li.zøz\.
What does "liseuse" mean?
As a noun, "liseuse" means: Celle qui lit.
What words are commonly confused with "liseuse"?
"liseuse" is commonly confused with "lisse", "lisée", "liesse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "liseuse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "liseuse" is \li.zøz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "liseuse" come from?
"liseuse" 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 "liseuse", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Leibniz#32,044lugubre#32,058magenta#32,060maillet#32,061

Similar misspelling depth

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

limbes9 variantsKeynes9 variantsKepler9 variantsMercer9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list