lacrosse
\la.kʁɔs\
The verdict
“lacrosse” is uncommon French (frequency #57,366 among 128,088 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,366
- frequency rank, French
- 128,088
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sport collectif en Amérique, où les joueurs se servent d’une crosse pour mettre une balle dans le but adverse.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lacrosse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \la.kʁɔs\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #57,366 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lacrosse” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
lacrosse is uncommon French at frequency #57,366 among 128,088 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \la.kʁɔs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sport collectif en Amérique, où les joueurs se servent d’une crosse pour mettre une balle dans le but adverse.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for lacrosse, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is lacrosse, spelled L-A-C-R-O-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Sport collectif en Amérique, où les joueurs se servent d’une crosse pour mettre une balle dans le but adverse.
Synonyms
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 “lacrosse”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is L-A-C-R-O-S-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \la.kʁɔs\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.