lacet

/\la.sɛ\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#29,015

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

lacet is aFrenchnoun. It means: Nœud coulant avec lequel on prend les perdrix, les lièvres, etc. Pronounced \la.sɛ\. Often confused with lait and lave.

Key facts for lacet
PropertyValue
Headwordlacet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\la.sɛ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#29,015
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of lacet in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for lacet is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \la.sɛ\. Corpus data places it at rank #29,015 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for lacet, with forms such as "alcet", "laccet", and "lacett". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lait", "lave", "lame", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is lacet, spelled L-A-C-E-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nœud coulant avec lequel on prend les perdrix, les lièvres, etc.
  2. 2
    Piège, embûche.
  3. 3
    Cordon ferré à un bout ou aux deux, qu’on passe dans des œillets pour serrer un vêtement (corset, chaussure, guêtre, etc.)
  4. 4
    Friandise semi-molle et gélatineuse, sucrée-acidifiée et aromatisée, à base de sirop de glucose-fructose, de farine de froment, de sucre, de dextrose, d'huile végétale ainsi que d'agents et de colorants alimentaires, dont la forme généralement en spaghetti ainsi que la consistance adaptées pour le tressage évoquent le cordon de serrage vestimentaire.
  5. 5
    Cordon plat de fils utilisé pour certains types de dentelles comme la dentelle de Milan.
  6. 6
    Cordon avec lequel les Ottomans faisaient étrangler les condamnés.
  7. 7
    Chemin de montagne qu’on dirige obliquement et qu’on ramène sur lui-même à un point plus élevé, afin d’obtenir des pentes moins rapides.
  8. 8
    Mouvement de va-et-vient ou de roulis, causé par un manque d’ajustement entre les roues et la largeur des rails.
  9. 9
    , Mouvement de rotation autour de l’axe vertical.
  10. 10
    Courbe fermée ou application périodique d'une variable réelle.
  11. 11
    Broche qui réunit les deux parties d'une charnière.
  12. 12
    Ferrure qui soutient un anneau.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: alcet,laccet,lacett,lacte,laect,lcaet,llacet

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for lacet

Misspelling Variants of "lacet"

alcet5laccet6lacett6lacte5laect5lcaet5llacet6
Misspelling Variants of "lacet"

Frequency rank: #29,015 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lacet"?
"lacet" is spelled L-A-C-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \la.sɛ\.
What does "lacet" mean?
As a noun, "lacet" means: Nœud coulant avec lequel on prend les perdrix, les lièvres, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "lacet"?
"lacet" is commonly confused with "lait", "lave", "lame". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lacet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lacet" is \la.sɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lacet" come from?
"lacet" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.