lit de mort
\li də mɔʁ\
The verdict
“lit de mort” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lit sur lequel une personne meurt.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lit-de-mort · lit de mort · French
lit de mort · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lit de mort |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \li də mɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « lit de mort » en français
Rare enough to double-check
lit de mort is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \li də mɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lit sur lequel une personne meurt.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for lit de mort, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 lit de mort, spelled L-I-T- -D-E- -M-O-R-T.
Definition
- 1Lit sur lequel une personne meurt.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lit de mort appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tu ne mourras pas en paix, répéta la voix ; même à ton lit de mort, tu te représenteras tes meurtres, les gémissements qui ont retenti dans ce château et le sang qui en rougit encore les murs.
Il y songeait dans ses victoires, dans ses harangues, dans ses discours, dans tous ses actes. À son lit de mort il y songeait encore.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.