# lavender

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈlæv.ən.də/ · frequency rank #16,270

## Definitions
1. Any of a group of European plants, genus, Lavandula, of the mint family.
2. A pale bluish purple colour, like that of the lavender flower.
3. A kind of film stock used for creating positive prints from negatives as part of the process of duplicating the negatives.

## Etymology
From Middle English lavendre, from Anglo-Norman lavendre (French lavande), from Medieval Latin lavendula, possibly from Latin lividus (“bluish”), but influenced by lavō (“to wash”) due to the use of lavender in washing clothes.

## Easily confused with
- **lender** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lavender-vs-lender)
- **lander** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lander-vs-lavender)
- **launder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/launder-vs-lavender)

## Common misspellings (12)
`alvender`, `laevnder`, `lavedner`, `lavendder`, `lavenderr`, `lavendre`, `lavenedr`, `lavennder`, `lavneder`, `lavvender`, `llavender`, `lvaender`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/lavender