lits

\li\

/\li\/ noun

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The verdict

“lits” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,339. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,339
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de lit.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lits · lits · French

lits · rank #7,339 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,339
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH leaders

Nearest frequency peer: leaders (-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 « lits »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « lits » 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).

lits vs LT
0% similar
lits vs LS
0% similar
lits vs lot
50% similar

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

Key facts for lits
PropertyValue
Headwordlits
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\li\
Letters4
Frequency rank#7,339
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « lits »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.litsse 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 « leaders » (#7,338), « Marocain » (#7,340), « Julia » (#7,337). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « lits » est au #7,339. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around lits (IPA \li\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,339 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de lit.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for lits, with forms such as "ilts", "litss", and "litts". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "LT", "LS", "lot", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 lits, spelled L-I-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de lit.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Au troisième étage, les 56 lits du service d’orthopédie s’apprêtent eux aussi à être en partie « décovidisés » pour permettre un redémarrage progressif de l’activité.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ilts
  • litss
  • litts
  • llits
  • ltis

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ilts2litss1litts1llits1ltis2
Edit distance from "lits"

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 "lits"?
"lits" is spelled L-I-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \li\.
What does "lits" mean?
As a noun, "lits" means: Pluriel de lit.
What words are commonly confused with "lits"?
"lits" is commonly confused with "LT", "LS", "lot". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lits"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lits" is \li\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lits" come from?
"lits" 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 "lits", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

hard#7,330gaza#7,327fuck#7,326ravi#7,362

Similar misspelling depth

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

essor5 variantsrevu5 variantsroad5 variantsdead5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list