lisse

\lis\

/\lis\/ adj

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The verdict

“lisse” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #9,188) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#9,188
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sans aspérité ni rayure.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lisse · lisse · French

lisse · rank #9,188 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,188
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH laissera

Nearest frequency peer: laissera (-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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « lisse »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « lisse » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

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).

lisse vs live
60% similar
lisse vs lits
60% similar
lisse vs list
60% similar

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

Key facts for lisse
PropertyValue
Headwordlisse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\lis\
Letters5
Frequency rank#9,188
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « lisse »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).lissese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « laissera » (#9,187), « litre » (#9,189), « kilomètre » (#9,186). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « lisse » est au #9,188. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for lisse is neighbouring look-alikes ("live", "lits", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced \lis\. Frequency #9,188 among 2,567 “L” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for lisse, with forms such as "ilsse", "lises", and "llisse". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "live", "lits", "list", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is lisse, spelled L-I-S-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sans aspérité ni rayure.
  2. 2
    Synonyme de friable.
  3. 3
    Régulier, infiniment dérivable ou différentiable.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je marchais à la limite des vaguelettes, là où les pieds s’enfoncent peu dans le sable lisse et frais.
  2. Le principe de l’attaque est le suivant : on cherche d’abord parmi un grand nombre de valeurs de la fonction de hachage, un haché qui soit lisse, c’est à dire divisible par des petits nombres premiers pᵢ seulement.

Antonyms

rugueux

This word in other languages

smooth(English)liso(Español)glatt(Deutsch)liso(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ilsse
  • lises
  • llisse
  • lsise

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ilsse2lises2llisse1lsise2
Edit distance from "lisse"

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 "lisse"?
"lisse" is spelled L-I-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \lis\.
What does "lisse" mean?
As an adjective, "lisse" means: Sans aspérité ni rayure.
What words are commonly confused with "lisse"?
"lisse" is commonly confused with "live", "lits", "list". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lisse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lisse" is \lis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lisse" come from?
"lisse" 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 "lisse", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

litre#9,189loger#9,190jouet#9,183mêler#9,203

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list