Lalande

\la.lɑ̃d\

/\la.lɑ̃d\/ name

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The verdict

“Lalande” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,752. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,752
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-lalande · Lalande · French

Lalande · rank #33,752 · 10 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,752
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH lamentations

Nearest frequency peer: lamentations (+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 « Lalande »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Lalande » 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).

Lalande vs lande
71% similar
Lalande vs lavande
71% similar
Lalande vs Lalonde
86% similar

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

Key facts for Lalande
PropertyValue
HeadwordLalande
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\la.lɑ̃d\
Letters7
Frequency rank#33,752
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Lalande »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Lalandese 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 « lamentations » (#33,753), « kimono » (#33,750), « landau » (#33,754). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « Lalande » est au #33,752. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Lalande (IPA \la.lɑ̃d\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #33,752 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Lalande, with forms such as "allande", "laalnde", and "laladne". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "lande", "lavande", "Lalonde", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Lalande, spelled L-A-L-A-N-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Une compétition de tatouage, la première de la télé française, nous a semblé assez naturelle, avance Julien Lalande, le directeur des programmes.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • allande
  • laalnde
  • laladne
  • lalandde
  • lalaned
  • lalannde
  • lallande
  • lalnade
  • llaande
  • llalande

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

allande2laalnde2laladne2lalandde1lalaned2lalannde1lallande1lalnade2
Edit distance from "Lalande"

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 "Lalande"?
"Lalande" is spelled L-A-L-A-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \la.lɑ̃d\.
What does "Lalande" mean?
As a proper noun, "Lalande" means: Nom de famille.
What words are commonly confused with "Lalande"?
"Lalande" is commonly confused with "lande", "lavande", "Lalonde". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Lalande"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Lalande" is \la.lɑ̃d\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Lalande" come from?
"Lalande" 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 "Lalande", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list