lyrics
The verdict
“lyrics” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,637. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,637
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Paroles de chanson.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lyrics · lyrics · French
lyrics · rank #28,637 · 10 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #28,637
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH lupus
Nearest frequency peer: lupus (-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 « lyrics »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- lunaires
lunaires
71,366 corpus weight
- lupus
lupus
71,365 corpus weight
- lyrics
lyrics
71,364 corpus weight
- légat
légat
71,363 corpus weight
- machette
machette
71,362 corpus weight
- machinerie
machinerie
71,361 corpus weight
What this shows « lyrics » 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 | lyrics |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #28,637 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « lyrics »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around lyrics, anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,637 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Paroles de chanson.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for lyrics, with forms such as "llyrics", "lryics", and "lyircs". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "laïcs", "loris", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is lyrics, spelled L-Y-R-I-C-S.
Definition
- 1Paroles de chanson.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how lyrics appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
…atouts à mettre à leur crédit : Leurs origines sudistes, la pugnacité extrême de leur répartie et par dessus tout les lyrics outrageants de Gangster Of Love bondés de safesex et de scatologie malsaine.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- llyrics
- lryics
- lyircs
- lyrcis
- lyriccs
- lyricss
- lyrisc
- lyrrics
- lyyrics
- ylrics
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lyrics - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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).