lycéen
\li.se.ɛ̃\
The verdict
“lycéen” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,472. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,472
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - De lycée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lyceen · lycéen · French
lycéen · rank #17,472 · 10 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,472
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH luttent
Nearest frequency peer: luttent (-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 « lycéen »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Laurie
Laurie
82,533 corpus weight
- longe
longe
82,532 corpus weight
- Ludovic
Ludovic
82,531 corpus weight
- luttent
luttent
82,530 corpus weight
- lycéen
lycéen
82,529 corpus weight
- légume
légume
82,527 corpus weight
What this shows « lycéen » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lycéen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \li.se.ɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #17,472 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « lycéen »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around lycéen (IPA \li.se.ɛ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #17,472 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for lycéen, with forms such as "lcyéen", "llycéen", and "lyccéen". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "lycées", "lycéens", "lycéenne", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is lycéen, spelled L-Y-C-É-E-N.
Definition
- 1De lycée.
- 2Relatif à l'enseignement reçu au lycée.
- 3Juvénile, puéril, potache.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lycéen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et cette jolie fille [des tréteaux] aux cheveux rouges (…) qui de nous ne l'a aimée et admirée, et ne lui a consacré quelques rêveries de sa jeunesse lycéenne.
Depuis cinq ans bientôt qu'en soupirant il a Pris l'habit lycéen, chaque jour il vient là, S'asseoit avec son livre, et, dans la solitude, De l'heure du plaisir fait une heure d'étude.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- lcyéen
- llycéen
- lyccéen
- lyceen
- lyceén
- lycéenn
- lycéne
- lyycéen
- lyécen
- ylcéen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lycéen - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).