laboratoire

Name: laboratoire, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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\la.bɔ.ʁa.twaʁ\

/\la.bɔ.ʁa.twaʁ\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“laboratoire” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,011. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,011
frequency rank, French: 128,088
“L” headwords: 15
tracked misspellings: 3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Lieu d'exercice de chercheurs où sont réalisées des observations ou des expériences, ainsi que toute autre activité scientifique.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

laboratoire vs laboratory

82% similar

laboratoire vs libératoire

82% similar

laboratoire vs laboratoires

92% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for laboratoire
Property	Value
Headword	laboratoire
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\la.bɔ.ʁa.twaʁ\
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#3,011
Misspellings tracked	15
Confusable pairs	3
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “laboratoire” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). laboratoire lands here:

#3,011

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around laboratoire (IPA \la.bɔ.ʁa.twaʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,011 among 128,088 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for laboratoire, with forms such as "alboratoire", "labboratoire", and "laboartoire". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "laboratory", "libératoire", "laboratoires", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is laboratoire, spelled L-A-B-O-R-A-T-O-I-R-E.

Definition

1
Lieu d'exercice de chercheurs où sont réalisées des observations ou des expériences, ainsi que toute autre activité scientifique.
2
Atelier garni de fourneaux, où les pharmaciens, distillateurs, limonadiers, confiseurs, pâtissiers, glaciers ou autres activités culinaires, préparent des spécialités.
3
Industriel de la chimie fine.
4
Unité administrative d’organisation de la recherche.
5
Zone à atmosphère contrôlée destinée à une activité adaptée.
6
Salle d'étude contenant une variété d'équipements où sont proposés des cours d'instruction.

Synonyms

labo

This word in other languages

laboratory(English)laboratorio(Español)Laboratorium(Deutsch)laboratório(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

alboratoire
labboratoire
laboartoire
laboraotire
laboratiore
laboratoier
laboratoirre
laboratorie
laborattoire
laborratoire
labortaoire
labroatoire
laobratoire
lbaoratoire
llaboratoire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of laboratoire - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "laboratoire"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "laboratoire"?

"laboratoire" is spelled L-A-B-O-R-A-T-O-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \la.bɔ.ʁa.twaʁ\.

What does "laboratoire" mean?

As a noun, "laboratoire" means: Lieu d'exercice de chercheurs où sont réalisées des observations ou des expériences, ainsi que toute autre activité scientifique.

What words are commonly confused with "laboratoire"?

"laboratoire" is commonly confused with "laboratory", "libératoire", "laboratoires". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "laboratoire"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "laboratoire" is \la.bɔ.ʁa.twaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "laboratoire" come from?

"laboratoire" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Using “laboratoire”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct French spelling is L-A-B-O-R-A-T-O-I-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as \la.bɔ.ʁa.twaʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
Don't mix it up with “laboratory” - see the side-by-side comparison. laboratoire vs laboratory
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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.