Lagarde
\la.ɡaʁd\
The verdict
“Lagarde” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #18,519 in French word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #18,519
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Commune située dans le département de l’Ariège.
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 | Lagarde |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \la.ɡaʁd\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #18,519 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lagarde” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for Lagarde is 7 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \la.ɡaʁd\. Corpus data places it at rank #18,519 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Lagarde, with forms such as "algarde", "laagrde", and "lagadre". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Lazare", "lavande", "Lalande", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Lagarde, spelled L-A-G-A-R-D-E.
Definition
- 1Commune située dans le département de l’Ariège.
- 2Commune située dans le département de la Haute-Garonne.
- 3Commune située dans le département du Gers.
- 4Commune située dans le département de la Moselle.
- 5Commune située dans les Hautes-Pyrénées.
- 6Ancien nom de Lagarde-d’Apt.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: algarde,laagrde,lagadre,lagardde,lagared,lagarrde,laggarde,lagrade,lgaarde,llagarde
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Lagarde - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “Lagarde”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is L-A-G-A-R-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \la.ɡaʁd\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Lazare” - see the side-by-side comparison. Lagarde vs Lazare
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.