Which to use
“likes” and “lis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,719
- “likes” frequency rank
- #3,147
- “lis” frequency rank
- 28866
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | likes | lis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de like. | Genre de liliacées qui porte, sur une haute tige, des fleurs à trois pétales et trois sépales pétaloïdes. |
Where the eye mixes likes and lis
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: likes vs lis
A purely visual mix-up. likes (\lajk\) and lis (\lis\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28866, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
likes is recorded at frequency rank #25,719, classified as anoun, pronounced \lajk\. lis is at rank #3,147, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lis\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 28866, this pair ranks #320,178 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of likes vs lis
Shared letters: ils. Private to "likes": ek. Private to "lis": -.
"likes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "lis" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- likes ← ilkes · lieks · likess · likkes · likse · lkies · llikes
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "likes" for "lis" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "likes" or "lis" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "likes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #320,178 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "likes" and "lis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "liker vs likes". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #320,178 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.