lix
The verdict
“lix” is uncommon French (frequency #97,110 among 128,088 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,110
- frequency rank, French
- 128,088
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cendre mouillée d’eau pour la lessive.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lix |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #97,110 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lix” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
lix is uncommon French at frequency #97,110 among 128,088 “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
- 1Cendre mouillée d’eau pour la lessive.
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.
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Using “lix”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is L-I-X - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.