litigieux

\li.ti.ʒjø\

/\li.ti.ʒjø\/ adj

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The verdict

“litigieux” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,051. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,051
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est ou qui peut être en litige.

Corpus desk

Index FR-litigieux · litigieux · French

litigieux · rank #32,051 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,051
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH liseuse

Nearest frequency peer: liseuse (-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 « litigieux »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « litigieux » 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
Key facts for litigieux
PropertyValue
Headwordlitigieux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\li.ti.ʒjø\
Letters9
Frequency rank#32,051
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « litigieux »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « liseuse » (#32,050), « liturgiques » (#32,052), « linguistes » (#32,049). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « litigieux » est au #32,051. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around litigieux (IPA \li.ti.ʒjø\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #32,051 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for litigieux, with forms such as "iltigieux", "liitgieux", and "litgiieux". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is litigieux, spelled L-I-T-I-G-I-E-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est ou qui peut être en litige.
  2. 2
    Qui se plaît dans les litiges.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Droit litigieux.
  2. Affaire litigieuse.

This word in other languages

litigious(English)strittig(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • iltigieux
  • liitgieux
  • litgiieux
  • litigeiux
  • litiggieux
  • litigieuxx
  • litigiexu
  • litigiuex
  • litiigeux
  • littigieux
  • llitigieux
  • ltiigieux

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of litigieux - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

iltigieux2liitgieux2litgiieux2litigeiux2litiggieux1litigieuxx1litigiexu2litigiuex2
Edit distance from "litigieux"

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 "litigieux"?
"litigieux" is spelled L-I-T-I-G-I-E-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \li.ti.ʒjø\.
What does "litigieux" mean?
As an adjective, "litigieux" means: Qui est ou qui peut être en litige.
What are common misspellings of "litigieux"?
Common misspellings include "iltigieux", "liitgieux", "litgiieux", "litigeiux", "litiggieux". The correct spelling is "litigieux".
How do you pronounce "litigieux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "litigieux" is \li.ti.ʒjø\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "litigieux" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

licornes12 variantsjaunâtre12 variantsMontreux12 variantsMézières12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list