Lison
\li.zɔ̃\
The verdict
“Lison” is uncommon French (frequency #52,795 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,795
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département du Calvados.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lison · Lison · French
Lison · rank #52,795 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,795
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH lirais
Nearest frequency peer: lirais (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Lison »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Lesueur
Lesueur
47,209 corpus weight
- lirais
lirais
47,207 corpus weight
- Lison
Lison
47,206 corpus weight
- lobbyisme
lobbyisme
47,205 corpus weight
- Lodève
Lodève
47,204 corpus weight
- logarithme
logarithme
47,203 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Lison » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lison |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \li.zɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #52,795 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Lison » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Lison is uncommon French at frequency #52,795 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \li.zɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Lison in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Lison, spelled L-I-S-O-N.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département du Calvados.
- 2Rivière située dans le département du Doubs en France.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Lison appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je viens de Lison.
Je me rends à Lison.
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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