lacrosse
/ləˈkɹɒs/
"lacrosse" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lacrosse” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #17,171. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,171
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A sport played on a field between two opposing teams using sticks (crosses) and a ball, whereby one team defeats the other by scoring more goals within the allotted time.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lacrosse · lacrosse · English
lacrosse · rank #17,171 · 10 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #17,171
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH Kimberly
Nearest frequency peer: Kimberly (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “lacrosse”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- kickoff
kickoff
82,832 corpus weight
- Kimberly
Kimberly
82,831 corpus weight
- lacrosse
lacrosse
82,830 corpus weight
- Lars
Lars
82,829 corpus weight
- latex
latex
82,828 corpus weight
- leftover
leftover
82,827 corpus weight
What this shows “lacrosse” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | lacrosse |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ləˈkɹɒs/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #17,171 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “lacrosse”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around lacrosse (IPA /ləˈkɹɒs/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,171 among 2,297 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A sport played on a field between two opposing teams using sticks (crosses) and a ball, whereby one team defeats the other by scoring more goals within the allotted time.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for lacrosse, with forms such as "alcrosse", "laccrosse", and "lacorsse". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "lactose", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Canadian French la crosse (“the stick”). The correct English form is lacrosse, spelled L-A-C-R-O-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1A sport played on a field between two opposing teams using sticks (crosses) and a ball, whereby one team defeats the other by scoring more goals within the allotted time.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lacrosse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The great invasion games of basketball, field and ice hockey, lacrosse and the varied football codes seem to provide an immense attraction for all ages, and billions of people around the world play and watch these sports.
After the accuser proved unable to identify her assailants during two photo lineups, Nifong told the police to give her a third chance, showing her pictures only of the 46 white lacrosse players without any pictures of “fillers,” or nonsuspects.
Etymology
Borrowed from Canadian French la crosse (“the stick”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- alcrosse
- laccrosse
- lacorsse
- lacrose
- lacroses
- lacrrosse
- lacrsose
- larcosse
- lcarosse
- llacrosse
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lacrosse - 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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).