liturgie

\li.tyʁ.ʒi\

/\li.tyʁ.ʒi\/ noun

The verdict

“liturgie” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,245. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,245
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ensemble des cérémonies et des prières qui constituent le service divin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-liturgie · liturgie · French

liturgie · rank #18,245 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,245
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH libertaire

Nearest frequency peer: libertaire (-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 « liturgie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « liturgie » 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).

liturgie vs liturgique
80% similar
liturgie vs literie
75% similar
liturgie vs Lituanie
63% similar

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

Key facts for liturgie
PropertyValue
Headwordliturgie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\li.tyʁ.ʒi\
Letters8
Frequency rank#18,245
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « liturgie »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).liturgiese 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 « libertaire » (#18,244), « lux » (#18,246), « lentille » (#18,243). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « liturgie » est au #18,245. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around liturgie (IPA \li.tyʁ.ʒi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,245 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for liturgie, with forms such as "ilturgie", "litrugie", and "litturgie". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "liturgique", "literie", "Lituanie", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is liturgie, spelled L-I-T-U-R-G-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ensemble des cérémonies et des prières qui constituent le service divin.
  2. 2
    Appareil cérémoniel.
  3. 3
    Ordre des prières et des cérémonies de la messe.
  4. 4
    Dans la Grèce antique, sorte de service civil et d'impôts que payaient les liturges.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il n’avait que cela pour lui, mais il l’avait au moins, l’amour passionné de la mystique et de la liturgie, du plain-chant et des Cathédrales !
  2. L’efflorescence de cultes protestants, prometteurs de « guérisons » et d’autres « miracles » et, en attendant, dispensateurs d’entraide et de moments fusionnels grâce à des liturgies participatives, est souvent résumée dans le terme "révolution charismatique".

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ilturgie
  • litrugie
  • litturgie
  • litugrie
  • liturgei
  • liturggie
  • liturige
  • liturrgie
  • liutrgie
  • lliturgie
  • ltiurgie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of liturgie - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ilturgie2litrugie2litturgie1litugrie2liturgei2liturggie1liturige2liturrgie1
Edit distance from "liturgie"

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 "liturgie"?
"liturgie" is spelled L-I-T-U-R-G-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \li.tyʁ.ʒi\.
What does "liturgie" mean?
As a noun, "liturgie" means: Ensemble des cérémonies et des prières qui constituent le service divin.
What words are commonly confused with "liturgie"?
"liturgie" is commonly confused with "liturgique", "literie", "Lituanie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "liturgie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "liturgie" is \li.tyʁ.ʒi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "liturgie" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list