lyrique

/\li.ʁik\/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,807

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

lyrique is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui se chante sur la lyre. Pronounced \li.ʁik\. Often confused with lyrisme and lyriques.

Key facts for lyrique
PropertyValue
Headwordlyrique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\li.ʁik\
Letters7
Frequency rank#12,807
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of lyrique in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for lyrique is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \li.ʁik\. Corpus data places it at rank #12,807 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for lyrique, with forms such as "llyrique", "lryique", and "lyirque". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "lyrisme", "lyriques", "laïque", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is lyrique, spelled L-Y-R-I-Q-U-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui se chante sur la lyre.
  2. 2
    Qualifie un genre de poésie qui a gardé, en souvenir de sa destination primitive, un caractère particulier marqué par l’abondance des images, le mouvement du style et la variété du rythme.
  3. 3
    Qualifie les ouvrages en vers qui sont faits pour être chantés ou propres à être mis en musique, tels que les cantates, les chansons, les opéras.
  4. 4
    Caractérisé par une forte passion poétique.

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: llyrique,lryique,lyirque,lyriqeu,lyriqque,lyriuqe,lyrqiue,lyrrique,lyyrique,ylrique

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for lyrique

Misspelling Variants of "lyrique"

llyrique8lryique7lyirque7lyriqeu7lyriqque8lyriuqe7lyrqiue7lyrrique8
Misspelling Variants of "lyrique"

Frequency rank: #12,807 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lyrique"?
"lyrique" is spelled L-Y-R-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \li.ʁik\.
What does "lyrique" mean?
As an adj, "lyrique" means: Qui se chante sur la lyre.
What words are commonly confused with "lyrique"?
"lyrique" is commonly confused with "lyrisme", "lyriques", "laïque". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lyrique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lyrique" is \li.ʁik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lyrique" come from?
"lyrique" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.