labrador
\la.bʁa.dɔʁ\
The verdict
“labrador” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,922. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,922
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de retriever du Labrador (race de chien).
Corpus desk
Index FR-labrador · labrador · French
labrador · rank #15,922 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,922
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH juniors
Nearest frequency peer: juniors (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “labrador”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- joy
joy
84,082 corpus weight
- ju
ju
84,081 corpus weight
- juniors
juniors
84,080 corpus weight
- labrador
labrador
84,079 corpus weight
- laissées
laissées
84,078 corpus weight
- laitiers
laitiers
84,077 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “labrador” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | labrador |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \la.bʁa.dɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #15,922 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “labrador” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around labrador (IPA \la.bʁa.dɔʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,922 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for labrador, with forms such as "albrador", "labardor", and "labbrador". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is labrador, spelled L-A-B-R-A-D-O-R.
Definition
- 1Variante de retriever du Labrador (race de chien).
- 2Variété de canard originaire du Labrador.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how labrador appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Après la mode des labradors et dalmatiens, une nouvelle tendance a suivi : celle des « molosses », American Staffordshire terrier, malinois et autres dogues.
Parmi les participants, Jon Shweky, de confession juive, et Christine Cookman, catholique, ont amené leur labrador, qui doit devenir chien-guide pour aveugles.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- albrador
- labardor
- labbrador
- labraddor
- labradorr
- labradro
- labraodr
- labrdaor
- labrrador
- larbador
- lbarador
- llabrador
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of labrador - 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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "labrador", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
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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.