lix

noun

The verdict

“lix” is uncommon French (frequency #97,110 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,110
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cendre mouillée d’eau pour la lessive.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lix · lix · French

lix · rank #97,110 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #97,110
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH loll

Nearest frequency peer: loll (+2 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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « lix »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « lix » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for lix
PropertyValue
Headwordlix
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters3
Frequency rank#97,110
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « lix » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).lixtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « loll » (#97,112), « lithosphère » (#97,107), « lombardes » (#97,113). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « lix » est au #97,110. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

lix is uncommon French at frequency #97,110 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cendre mouillée d’eau pour la lessive.".

Zero misspellings are on record for lix in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 lix, spelled L-I-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cendre mouillée d’eau pour la lessive.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. lix est cinis vel umor cineri admixtus: nam etiamnum id genus lixivium vocatur

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 "lix"?
"lix" is spelled L-I-X.
What does "lix" mean?
As a noun, "lix" means: Cendre mouillée d’eau pour la lessive.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list