lite

\lajt\

/\lajt\/ adj

The verdict

“lite” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,165. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,165
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualifie un produit informatique (application, logiciel…) simplifié et gratuit, par rapport au même produit plus développé mais payant appelé freemium.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lite · lite · French

lite · rank #34,165 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,165
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH longer

Nearest frequency peer: longer (+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 « lite »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « lite » 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).

lite vs LT
0% similar
lite vs lot
50% similar
lite vs lue
50% similar

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

Key facts for lite
PropertyValue
Headwordlite
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\lajt\
Letters4
Frequency rank#34,165
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « lite »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).litese 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 « longer » (#34,166), « Linné » (#34,163), « loti » (#34,167). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « lite » est au #34,165. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around lite (IPA \lajt\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #34,165 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qualifie un produit informatique (application, logiciel…) simplifié et gratuit, par rapport au même produit plus développé mais payant appelé freemium.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for lite, with forms such as "ilte", "liet", and "litte". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "LT", "lot", "lue", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 lite, spelled L-I-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qualifie un produit informatique (application, logiciel…) simplifié et gratuit, par rapport au même produit plus développé mais payant appelé freemium.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ilte
  • liet
  • litte
  • llite
  • ltie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ilte2liet2litte1llite1ltie2
Edit distance from "lite"

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 "lite"?
"lite" is spelled L-I-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \lajt\.
What does "lite" mean?
As an adjective, "lite" means: Qualifie un produit informatique (application, logiciel…) simplifié et gratuit, par rapport au même produit plus développé mais payant appelé freemium.
What words are commonly confused with "lite"?
"lite" is commonly confused with "LT", "lot", "lue". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lite"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lite" is \lajt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lite" come from?
"lite" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list