livre de messe
\livʁ də mɛs\
The verdict
“livre de messe” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Missel.
Corpus desk
Index FR-livre-de-messe · livre de messe · French
livre de messe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | livre de messe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \livʁ də mɛs\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
livre de messe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \livʁ də mɛs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Missel.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for livre de messe, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is livre de messe, spelled L-I-V-R-E- -D-E- -M-E-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Missel.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how livre de messe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Vous savez la vieille superstition de notre pays ? quand on ouvre un livre de messe avec une épée, la première page que l’on trouve à gauche est la destinée de celui qui la lit, et le premier qui entre quand il a fini doit influer puissamment sur l’avenir du lecteur.
Quand le prêtre lit dans le grand livre ouvert sur l’autel, maman, elle récite des mots latins qu’elle lit dans son livre de messe.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.