littéraire

\li.te.ʁɛʁ\

/\li.te.ʁɛʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“littéraire” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,270. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,270
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui appartient aux lettres, à la littérature.

Corpus desk

Index FR-litteraire · littéraire · French

littéraire · rank #3,270 · 13 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,270
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH jouent

Nearest frequency peer: jouent (-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 « littéraire »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « littéraire » 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).

littéraire vs littérale
80% similar
littéraire vs littérature
82% similar
littéraire vs littéraires
91% similar

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

Key facts for littéraire
PropertyValue
Headwordlittéraire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\li.te.ʁɛʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#3,270
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « littéraire »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).littérairese 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 « jouent » (#3,269), « longs » (#3,271), « innovation » (#3,268). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « littéraire » est au #3,270. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around littéraire (IPA \li.te.ʁɛʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,270 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for littéraire, with forms such as "ilttéraire", "litteraire", and "littréaire". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "littérale", "littérature", "littéraires", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is littéraire, spelled L-I-T-T-É-R-A-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui appartient aux lettres, à la littérature.
  2. 2
    Qualifie un esprit caractérisé par le goût et l’intelligence de la littérature.
  3. 3
    Se dit des qualités de composition et de style par lesquelles se caractérisent les œuvres qui appartiennent à la littérature.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ces malfaiteurs littéraires voudraient persuader de tels hommes qu’ils n’ont pas besoin d’excuse et que leur conduite se conforme au dictamen de la nature.
  2. Je sais fort bien qui est Mr Kipling, bien que vous ayez cru bon dans votre "Étude en rouge" de me faire passer pour un béotien en décrivant ma culture littéraire comme nulle !

This word in other languages

literary(English)literario(Español)literário(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ilttéraire
  • litteraire
  • littréaire
  • littéarire
  • littéraier
  • littérairre
  • littérarie
  • littériare
  • littérraire
  • litéraire
  • litétraire
  • llittéraire
  • ltitéraire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ilttéraire2litteraire1littréaire2littéarire2littéraier2littérairre1littérarie2littériare2
Edit distance from "littéraire"

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 "littéraire"?
"littéraire" is spelled L-I-T-T-É-R-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \li.te.ʁɛʁ\.
What does "littéraire" mean?
As an adjective, "littéraire" means: Qui appartient aux lettres, à la littérature.
What words are commonly confused with "littéraire"?
"littéraire" is commonly confused with "littérale", "littérature", "littéraires". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "littéraire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "littéraire" is \li.te.ʁɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "littéraire" come from?
"littéraire" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

innovation#3,268financiers#3,258populaires#3,282témoignage#3,302

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

mécanique13 variantsremarquer13 variantssyndicat13 variantschronique13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list