lisière

/\li.zjɛʁ\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#22,317

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

lisière is aFrenchnoun. It means: Ce qui termine des deux côtés la largeur d’une étoffe ; la partie où la trame s’est bouclée par le retour de la navette sur elle-même. Pronounced \li.zjɛʁ\. Often confused with lister and lisser.

Key facts for lisière
PropertyValue
Headwordlisière
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\li.zjɛʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#22,317
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of lisière in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for lisière is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \li.zjɛʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #22,317 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for lisière, with forms such as "ilsière", "liisère", and "lisiere". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "lister", "lisser", "lumière", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is lisière, spelled L-I-S-I-È-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ce qui termine des deux côtés la largeur d’une étoffe ; la partie où la trame s’est bouclée par le retour de la navette sur elle-même.
  2. 2
    Chausson de lisière.
  3. 3
    Cordon formé de deux liens ou deux rubans, qu’il a été d’usage d’attacher par derrière aux vêtements des petits enfants pour éviter le rampement et la chute quand ils commençaient à marcher.
  4. 4
    Liens, tutelle.
  5. 5
    Extrémité d’une contrée, d’un pays considéré comme limitrophe d’un autre.
  6. 6
    Limite d’un bois, d’une forêt, avec les zones déboisées.
  7. 7
    Limite des glaces d’avec la mer libre.
  8. 8
    À la limite entre deux domaines ou périodes.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ilsière,liisère,lisiere,lisirèe,lisièer,lisièrre,lissière,lisèire,llisière,lsiière

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for lisière

Misspelling Variants of "lisière"

ilsière7liisère7lisiere7lisirèe7lisièer7lisièrre8lissière8lisèire7
Misspelling Variants of "lisière"

Frequency rank: #22,317 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lisière"?
"lisière" is spelled L-I-S-I-È-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \li.zjɛʁ\.
What does "lisière" mean?
As a noun, "lisière" means: Ce qui termine des deux côtés la largeur d’une étoffe ; la partie où la trame s’est bouclée par le retour de la navette sur elle-même.
What words are commonly confused with "lisière"?
"lisière" is commonly confused with "lister", "lisser", "lumière". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lisière"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lisière" is \li.zjɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lisière" come from?
"lisière" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.