Lisp
\lisp\
The verdict
“Lisp” is uncommon French (frequency #78,583 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,583
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Langage de programmation fonctionnelle utilisant comme données et comme instructions des listes, qui peuvent être imbriquées.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lisp · Lisp · French
Lisp · rank #78,583 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,583
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH Limassol
Nearest frequency peer: Limassol (-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 « Lisp »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Libya
Libya
21,421 corpus weight
- Limassol
Limassol
21,419 corpus weight
- Lisp
Lisp
21,418 corpus weight
- liturgies
liturgies
21,417 corpus weight
- localisez
localisez
21,416 corpus weight
- locos
locos
21,415 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Lisp » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lisp |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lisp\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #78,583 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Lisp » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Lisp is uncommon French at frequency #78,583 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \lisp\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Langage de programmation fonctionnelle utilisant comme données et comme instructions des listes, qui peuvent être imbriquées.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Lisp, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Lisp, spelled L-I-S-P.
Definition
- 1Langage de programmation fonctionnelle utilisant comme données et comme instructions des listes, qui peuvent être imbriquées.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Lisp appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lisp a longtemps été le langage préféré des chercheurs dans le domaine de l’intelligence artificielle.
This word in other languages
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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