lacet
\la.sɛ\
The verdict
“lacet” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #29,015 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #29,015
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nœud coulant avec lequel on prend les perdrix, les lièvres, etc.
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 | lacet |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \la.sɛ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #29,015 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lacet” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for lacet is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for lacet, with forms such as "alcet", "laccet", and "lacett". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, 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.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is lacet, spelled L-A-C-E-T.
Definition
- 1Nœud coulant avec lequel on prend les perdrix, les lièvres, etc.
- 2Piège, embûche.
- 3Cordon ferré à un bout ou aux deux, qu’on passe dans des œillets pour serrer un vêtement (corset, chaussure, guêtre, etc.)
- 4Friandise 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.
- 5Cordon plat de fils utilisé pour certains types de dentelles comme la dentelle de Milan.
- 6Cordon avec lequel les Ottomans faisaient étrangler les condamnés.
- 7Chemin 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.
- 8Mouvement de va-et-vient ou de roulis, causé par un manque d’ajustement entre les roues et la largeur des rails.
- 9, Mouvement de rotation autour de l’axe vertical.
- 10Courbe fermée ou application périodique d'une variable réelle.
- 11Broche qui réunit les deux parties d'une charnière.
- 12Ferrure qui soutient un anneau.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: alcet,laccet,lacett,lacte,laect,lcaet,llacet
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lacet - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “lacet”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is L-A-C-E-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \la.sɛ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “lait” - see the side-by-side comparison. lacet vs lait
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.