Lavigne
/ləˈvin/
"lavigne" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Lavigne” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #41,223. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,223
- frequency rank, English
- 16,425
- “L” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname from Old French.
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 | Lavigne |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ləˈvin/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #41,223 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lavigne” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Lavigne (IPA /ləˈvin/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #41,223 among 16,425 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A surname from Old French.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Lavigne, with forms such as "alvigne", "laivgne", and "lavgine". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Levine", "Laverne", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French la vigne (“the vine, the vineyard”). The correct English form is Lavigne, spelled L-A-V-I-G-N-E.
Definition
- 1A surname from Old French.
Etymology
From French la vigne (“the vine, the vineyard”).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: alvigne,laivgne,lavgine,lavigen,laviggne,lavignne,lavinge,lavvigne,llavigne,lvaigne
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Lavigne - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “Lavigne”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is L-A-V-I-G-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ləˈvin/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Levine” - see the side-by-side comparison. Lavigne vs Levine
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.