lacs

\la\

/\la\/ noun

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The verdict

“lacs” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,985. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,985
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cordon délié.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lacs · lacs · French

lacs · rank #7,985 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,985
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH Juliette

Nearest frequency peer: Juliette (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « lacs »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « lacs » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

lacs vs LS
0% similar
lacs vs LC
0% similar
lacs vs les
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for lacs
PropertyValue
Headwordlacs
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\la\
Letters4
Frequency rank#7,985
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « lacs »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).lacsse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Juliette » (#7,984), « lectures » (#7,986), « iPad » (#7,983). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « lacs » est au #7,985. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around lacs (IPA \la\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,985 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for lacs, with forms such as "alcs", "laccs", and "lacss". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "LS", "LC", "les", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is lacs, spelled L-A-C-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cordon délié.
  2. 2
    Nœud coulant qui sert à prendre des oiseaux, des lièvres et autres gibiers.
  3. 3
    Corde qui a une certaine longueur, et que l’on emploie pour abattre les chevaux. On dit plus ordinairement « lasso ».
  4. 4
    Piège, embarras dont on a de la peine à se tirer.
  5. 5
    Motif d’ornementation utilisé dans l’art et la décoration.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how lacs appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Autrefois le sceau était attaché aux édits avec des lacs de soie de diverses couleurs.
  2. Les muets du sérail étranglaient avec un lacs de soie ceux que le sultan leur ordonnait de faire mourir.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • alcs
  • laccs
  • lacss
  • lasc
  • lcas
  • llacs

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lacs - 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.

alcs2laccs1lacss1lasc2lcas2llacs1
Edit distance from "lacs"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lacs"?
"lacs" is spelled L-A-C-S. The IPA pronunciation is \la\.
What does "lacs" mean?
As a noun, "lacs" means: Cordon délié.
What words are commonly confused with "lacs"?
"lacs" is commonly confused with "LS", "LC", "les". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lacs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lacs" is \la\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lacs" come from?
"lacs" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "lacs", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

iPad#7,983NASA#7,995nazi#7,996Omar#8,002

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

nique6 variantsciné6 variantsajout6 variantstigre6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list