lampadaire

\lɑ̃.pa.dɛʁ\

/\lɑ̃.pa.dɛʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“lampadaire” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,841. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,841
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dispositif permettant l’éclairage des rues la nuit dans une voirie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lampadaire · lampadaire · French

lampadaire · rank #29,841 · 14 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,841
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH lagon

Nearest frequency peer: lagon (-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 « lampadaire »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « lampadaire » 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).

lampadaire vs lapidaire
80% similar
lampadaire vs lampadaires
91% similar

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

Key facts for lampadaire
PropertyValue
Headwordlampadaire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\lɑ̃.pa.dɛʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#29,841
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « lampadaire »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.lampadairese 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 « lagon » (#29,840), « lapsus » (#29,842), « Larcher » (#29,843). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « lampadaire » est au #29,841. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around lampadaire (IPA \lɑ̃.pa.dɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,841 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for lampadaire, with forms such as "almpadaire", "lamapdaire", and "lammpadaire". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "lapidaire", "lampadaires", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is lampadaire, spelled L-A-M-P-A-D-A-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dispositif permettant l’éclairage des rues la nuit dans une voirie.
  2. 2
    Haut luminaire intérieur posé sur le sol d’une pièce.
  3. 3
    Officier qui portait des flambeaux pendant la messe devant l’empereur et l’impératrice d’Orient.
  4. 4
    Celui, celle, qui est chargé de l’entretien du luminaire, dans certains ordres religieux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cependant, le taxi roulait et les hauts lampadaires de la place de la République nous apparurent bientôt sans que le chauffeur ralentit.
  2. Il traversa la porte d'entrée et découvrit, dans la lumière blême des lampadaires, trois garçons, une collection de bombes de peinture alignée à leurs pieds, qui taggaient la devanture de la librairie.

Synonyms

réverbère

This word in other languages

street light(English)farol(Español)Straßenbeleuchtung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • almpadaire
  • lamapdaire
  • lammpadaire
  • lampaadire
  • lampadaier
  • lampadairre
  • lampadarie
  • lampaddaire
  • lampadiare
  • lampdaaire
  • lamppadaire
  • lapmadaire
  • llampadaire
  • lmapadaire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

almpadaire2lamapdaire2lammpadaire1lampaadire2lampadaier2lampadairre1lampadarie2lampaddaire1
Edit distance from "lampadaire"

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 "lampadaire"?
"lampadaire" is spelled L-A-M-P-A-D-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \lɑ̃.pa.dɛʁ\.
What does "lampadaire" mean?
As a noun, "lampadaire" means: Dispositif permettant l’éclairage des rues la nuit dans une voirie.
What words are commonly confused with "lampadaire"?
"lampadaire" is commonly confused with "lapidaire", "lampadaires". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lampadaire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lampadaire" is \lɑ̃.pa.dɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lampadaire" come from?
"lampadaire" 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 "lampadaire", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

itinérance#29,831marchaient#29,852monarchies#29,866impunément#29,812

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

insultent14 variantsinitiatique14 variantsinforment14 variantsinformant14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list