lisible
\li.zibl\
The verdict
“lisible” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,752. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,752
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est aisé à lire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lisible · lisible · French
lisible · rank #17,752 · 10 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,752
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH liberty
Nearest frequency peer: liberty (-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 « lisible »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- leviers
leviers
82,252 corpus weight
- levées
levées
82,251 corpus weight
- liberty
liberty
82,250 corpus weight
- lisible
lisible
82,249 corpus weight
- lithium
lithium
82,248 corpus weight
- litiges
litiges
82,247 corpus weight
What this shows « lisible » 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 | lisible |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \li.zibl\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #17,752 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « lisible »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around lisible (IPA \li.zibl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #17,752 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for lisible, with forms such as "ilsible", "liisble", and "lisbile". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Lisle", "lisière", "lisibles", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 lisible, spelled L-I-S-I-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qui est aisé à lire.
- 2Qui est accessible à la lecture ; qui mérite d’être lu.
- 3Clair ; compréhensible ; limpide.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lisible appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Feuilles d’impression maculées ou qui maculent, sont des feuilles qui, ayant été battues par le relieur, en sortant pour ainsi dire de la presse, & avant d’être bien seches, sont peu lisibles, les lignes paroissant se doubler les unes dans les autres ; […].
Il plia la feuille, l’introduisit dans une enveloppe sur laquelle il gribouilla le nom et l’adresse de son ami. Il examina quelques secondes la suscription difficilement lisible […].
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ilsible
- liisble
- lisbile
- lisibble
- lisibel
- lisiblle
- lisilbe
- lissible
- llisible
- lsiible
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lisible - 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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).