Lisieux

\li.zjø\

/\li.zjø\/ name

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The verdict

“Lisieux” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,421. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,421
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département du Calvados.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lisieux · Lisieux · French

Lisieux · rank #29,421 · 9 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,421
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH libyens

Nearest frequency peer: libyens (-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 « Lisieux »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Lisieux » 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).

Lisieux vs lieux
57% similar
Lisieux vs lisière
43% similar
Lisieux vs Lemieux
71% similar

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

Key facts for Lisieux
PropertyValue
HeadwordLisieux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\li.zjø\
Letters7
Frequency rank#29,421
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Lisieux »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « libyens » (#29,420), « lobes » (#29,422), « liber » (#29,419). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « Lisieux » est au #29,421. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Lisieux (IPA \li.zjø\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #29,421 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 Lisieux, with forms such as "ilsieux", "liiseux", and "liseiux". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "lieux", "lisière", "Lemieux", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Lisieux, spelled L-I-S-I-E-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune française, située dans le département du Calvados.
  2. 2
    Canton français, situé dans le département du Calvados.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le prêtre Gauchelin, du diocèse de Lisieux, assiste, durant une nuit de janvier 1092, au défilé de la Chevauchée infernale, cortège d’âmes captives entraînées par le démon en punition de leurs péchés ; parmi elles, il en reconnaît quelques-unes avec lesquelles il s’entretient.
  2. Le Finistérien coche toutes les cases : il est bien sorti du Tour et il a entretenu sa condition à Lisieux et à Camors.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ilsieux
  • liiseux
  • liseiux
  • lisieuxx
  • lisiexu
  • lisiuex
  • lissieux
  • llisieux
  • lsiieux

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ilsieux2liiseux2liseiux2lisieuxx1lisiexu2lisiuex2lissieux1llisieux1
Edit distance from "Lisieux"

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 "Lisieux"?
"Lisieux" is spelled L-I-S-I-E-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \li.zjø\.
What does "Lisieux" mean?
As a proper noun, "Lisieux" means: Commune française, située dans le département du Calvados.
What words are commonly confused with "Lisieux"?
"Lisieux" is commonly confused with "lieux", "lisière", "Lemieux". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Lisieux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Lisieux" is \li.zjø\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Lisieux" come from?
"Lisieux" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

libyens#29,420losange#29,424Langres#29,416lézards#29,427

Similar misspelling depth

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

lentes9 variantslutins9 variantsjoliette9 variantsMantoue9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list