lacet
\la.sɛ\
The verdict
“lacet” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,015. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,015
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nœud coulant avec lequel on prend les perdrix, les lièvres, etc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lacet · lacet · French
lacet · rank #29,015 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,015
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH kiwi
Nearest frequency peer: kiwi (-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 “lacet”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- kin
kin
70,989 corpus weight
- Kirsten
Kirsten
70,988 corpus weight
- kiwi
kiwi
70,987 corpus weight
- lacet
lacet
70,986 corpus weight
- lacrymogène
lacrymogène
70,985 corpus weight
- lacrymogènes
lacrymogènes
70,984 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “lacet” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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) |
Où “lacet” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around lacet (IPA \la.sɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,015 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 12 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lacet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quand il y avait la moindre présomption, le procès suivait son cours. Un métayer de nos voisins en eut un qui lui coûta quatre-vingts francs parce que le garde, certain jour, découvrit un lacet dans la bouchure qui séparait d’un de nos champs le champ où il labourait.
[…] j’appris qu’il était d’autres joies que celles d’épier sous un arbre l’approche d’un ramier ou de placer le soir sur un passage dans les taillis d’invisibles lacets.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "lacet". Here's where to go from here.
- "lacet" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "lait". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #29,015 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "L" letter cohort. L–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.