laffitte

\la.fit\

/\la.fit\/ noun

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The verdict

“laffitte” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,921. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,921
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vin du Bordelais.

Corpus desk

Index FR-laffitte · laffitte · French

laffitte · rank #36,921 · 7 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #36,921
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH kyste

Nearest frequency peer: kyste (-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 « laffitte »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « laffitte » 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).

laffitte vs Lafitte
75% similar

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

Key facts for laffitte
PropertyValue
Headwordlaffitte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\la.fit\
Letters8
Frequency rank#36,921
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « laffitte »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.laffittese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « kyste » (#36,920), « laguna » (#36,922), « Lair » (#36,923). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « laffitte » est au #36,921. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around laffitte (IPA \la.fit\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,921 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Vin du Bordelais.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for laffitte, with forms such as "alffitte", "laffite", and "laffitet". 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, "Lafitte", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is laffitte, spelled L-A-F-F-I-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vin du Bordelais.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Par tempérament, je ne suis nullement nerveux, et les quelques verres de laffitte que j’avais sirotés ne servaient pas peu à me donner du courage […].
  2. […]; et pour joindre la démonstration au précepte, il décoiffa en même temps une bouteille de laffitte mûri aux feux de la comète de 1811, et une bouteille de clos-Vougeot, enfant capiteux de l’année 1815; […].

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • alffitte
  • laffite
  • laffitet
  • lafftite
  • lafiftte
  • lfafitte
  • llaffitte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

alffitte2laffite1laffitet2lafftite2lafiftte2lfafitte2llaffitte1
Edit distance from "laffitte"

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 "laffitte"?
"laffitte" is spelled L-A-F-F-I-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \la.fit\.
What does "laffitte" mean?
As a noun, "laffitte" means: Vin du Bordelais.
What words are commonly confused with "laffitte"?
"laffitte" is commonly confused with "Lafitte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "laffitte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "laffitte" is \la.fit\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "laffitte" come from?
"laffitte" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Kawasaki#36,918lisibles#36,933interest#36,908indemnes#36,903

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

largo7 variantsisles7 variantshumus7 variantsHuang7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list