lacrymogène
\la.kʁi.mɔ.ʒɛn\
The verdict
“lacrymogène” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,016. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,016
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui provoque la sécrétion de larmes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lacrymogene · lacrymogène · French
lacrymogène · rank #29,016 · 18 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #29,016
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 18 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH lacet
Nearest frequency peer: lacet (-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 “lacrymogène”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- 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
- ladies
ladies
70,983 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “lacrymogène” 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 | lacrymogène |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \la.kʁi.mɔ.ʒɛn\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #29,016 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “lacrymogène” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around lacrymogène (IPA \la.kʁi.mɔ.ʒɛn\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #29,016 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui provoque la sécrétion de larmes.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for lacrymogène, with forms such as "alcrymogène", "laccrymogène", and "lacrmyogène". 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. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "lacrymogènes", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is lacrymogène, spelled L-A-C-R-Y-M-O-G-È-N-E.
Definition
- 1Qui provoque la sécrétion de larmes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lacrymogène appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Gaz lacrymogène.
De mémoire de policier, c’est du jamais-vu : le 5 août, le ministère de l’Intérieur a passé un appel d’offres pour 1,2 million de grenades fumigènes, assourdissantes et lacrymogènes !
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- alcrymogène
- laccrymogène
- lacrmyogène
- lacrrymogène
- lacrymgoène
- lacrymmogène
- lacrymogene
- lacrymoggène
- lacrymognèe
- lacrymogèen
- lacrymogènne
- lacrymoègne
- lacryomgène
- lacryymogène
- lacyrmogène
- larcymogène
- lcarymogène
- llacrymogène
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lacrymogène - 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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "lacrymogène", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "lacrymogènes". View pair
- 18 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #29,016 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.