lyrisme

\li.ʁism\

/\li.ʁism\/ noun

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The verdict

“lyrisme” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,766. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,766
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualité, ensemble de qualités constituant le caractère d’un style, soit dans les sentiments et les idées, soit dans le mouvement et la couleur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lyrisme · lyrisme · French

lyrisme · rank #33,766 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,766
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH légionnaire

Nearest frequency peer: légionnaire (+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 « lyrisme »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « lyrisme » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

lyrisme vs lyrique
71% similar
lyrisme vs laxisme
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for lyrisme
PropertyValue
Headwordlyrisme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\li.ʁism\
Letters7
Frequency rank#33,766
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « lyrisme »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).lyrismese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « légionnaire » (#33,767), « lucides » (#33,764), « Machiavel » (#33,768). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « lyrisme » est au #33,766. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around lyrisme (IPA \li.ʁism\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,766 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for lyrisme, with forms such as "llyrisme", "lryisme", and "lyirsme". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "lyrique", "laxisme", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is lyrisme, spelled L-Y-R-I-S-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qualité, ensemble de qualités constituant le caractère d’un style, soit dans les sentiments et les idées, soit dans le mouvement et la couleur.
  2. 2
    Certaine exaltation d’esprit analogue à l’enthousiasme des poètes lyriques.
  3. 3
    Tonalité qui met en avant l’expression des sentiments personnels.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il y a trop de lyrisme dans sa prose.
  2. Je te ferai bonne mesure de lyrisme funèbre, et l’orthographe sera mieux mise qu’une duchesse.

This word in other languages

lyricism(English)lírica(Español)Lyrik(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • llyrisme
  • lryisme
  • lyirsme
  • lyrimse
  • lyrisem
  • lyrismme
  • lyrissme
  • lyrrisme
  • lyrsime
  • lyyrisme
  • ylrisme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lyrisme - 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.

llyrisme1lryisme2lyirsme2lyrimse2lyrisem2lyrismme1lyrissme1lyrrisme1
Edit distance from "lyrisme"

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 "lyrisme"?
"lyrisme" is spelled L-Y-R-I-S-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \li.ʁism\.
What does "lyrisme" mean?
As a noun, "lyrisme" means: Qualité, ensemble de qualités constituant le caractère d’un style, soit dans les sentiments et les idées, soit dans le mouvement et la couleur.
What words are commonly confused with "lyrisme"?
"lyrisme" is commonly confused with "lyrique", "laxisme". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lyrisme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lyrisme" is \li.ʁism\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lyrisme" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

lucides#33,764lucerne#33,763Loiseau#33,762marasme#33,777

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Livourne11 variantsinsérés11 variantsnacional11 variantsimmobiles11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list