littoral

/\li.tɔ.ʁal\/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,988

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

littoral is anFrenchadj. It means: Relatif aux bords de la mer ou aux côtes. Pronounced \li.tɔ.ʁal\. It ranks #7,988 in French word frequency. Often confused with littorale and littoraux.

Key facts for littoral
PropertyValue
Headwordlittoral
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\li.tɔ.ʁal\
Letters8
Frequency rank#7,988
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of littoral in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for littoral is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \li.tɔ.ʁal\. Corpus data places it at rank #7,988 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for littoral, with forms such as "ilttoral", "litoral", and "litotral". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "littorale", "littoraux", "littéral", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is littoral, spelled L-I-T-T-O-R-A-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif aux bords de la mer ou aux côtes.
  2. 2
    Qualifie les plantes qui poussent au bord de la mer.
  3. 3
    Qualifie des plantes ripicoles.
  4. 4
    Qualifie une construction dont tout ou partie de l’ancrage est situé dans l'eau, mais qui, d’une certaine manière, touche à la rive.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ilttoral,litoral,litotral,littoarl,littorall,littorla,littorral,littroal,llittoral,ltitoral

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for littoral

Misspelling Variants of "littoral"

ilttoral8litoral7litotral8littoarl8littorall9littorla8littorral9littroal8
Misspelling Variants of "littoral"

Frequency rank: #7,988 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "littoral"?
"littoral" is spelled L-I-T-T-O-R-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is \li.tɔ.ʁal\.
What does "littoral" mean?
As an adj, "littoral" means: Relatif aux bords de la mer ou aux côtes.
What words are commonly confused with "littoral"?
"littoral" is commonly confused with "littorale", "littoraux", "littéral". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "littoral"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "littoral" is \li.tɔ.ʁal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "littoral" come from?
"littoral" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.