Which to use
“lires” is a noun and “lisée” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,129
- “lires” frequency rank
- #17,181
- “lisée” frequency rank
- 52310
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lires | lisée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de lire. | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe liser. |
Where the eye mixes lires and lisée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. lires (CVCVC) and lisée (CVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between lires and lisée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: lires is \liʁ\ while lisée is \li.ze\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52310, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lires is recorded at frequency rank #35,129, classified as anoun, pronounced \liʁ\. lisée is at rank #17,181, tagged as averb, pronounced \li.ze\.
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 52310, this pair ranks #148,595 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lires vs lisée
Shared letters: eils. Private to "lires": r. Private to "lisée": é.
"lires" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "lisée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- lires ← ilres · liers · liress · lirres · lirse · llires · lries
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "lires" for "lisée" ever safe?
Which is more common, "lires" or "lisée"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "lires" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lisée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #148,595 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lires" and "lisée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "liker vs lires". 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 #148,595 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.