Lafleur

name

The verdict

“Lafleur” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,460. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,460
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille

Corpus desk

Index FR-lafleur · Lafleur · French

Lafleur · rank #32,460 · 10 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,460
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH laborieuse

Nearest frequency peer: laborieuse (-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 « Lafleur »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Lafleur » 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).

Lafleur vs laveur
57% similar
Lafleur vs largeur
57% similar
Lafleur vs lanceur
57% similar

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

Key facts for Lafleur
PropertyValue
HeadwordLafleur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Frequency rank#32,460
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Lafleur »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Lafleurse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « laborieuse » (#32,459), « laitières » (#32,461), « laitue » (#32,462). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « Lafleur » est au #32,460. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Lafleur, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #32,460 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Lafleur, with forms such as "alfleur", "lafelur", and "laffleur". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "laveur", "largeur", "lanceur", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Lafleur, spelled L-A-F-L-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. C'est en regardant jouer Guy Lafleur que j'ai voulu devenir journaliste sportive.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • alfleur
  • lafelur
  • laffleur
  • lafleru
  • lafleurr
  • laflleur
  • lafluer
  • lalfeur
  • lfaleur
  • llafleur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Lafleur - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

alfleur2lafelur2laffleur1lafleru2lafleurr1laflleur1lafluer2lalfeur2
Edit distance from "Lafleur"

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 "Lafleur"?
"Lafleur" is spelled L-A-F-L-E-U-R.
What does "Lafleur" mean?
As a proper noun, "Lafleur" means: Nom de famille
What words are commonly confused with "Lafleur"?
"Lafleur" is commonly confused with "laveur", "largeur", "lanceur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Lafleur" come from?
"Lafleur" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list