langer

\lɑ̃.ʒe\

/\lɑ̃.ʒe\/ verb

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The verdict

“langer” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,889. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,889
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mettre une couche à un bébé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-langer · langer · French

langer · rank #38,889 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,889
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH landing

Nearest frequency peer: landing (-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 « langer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « langer » 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).

langer vs large
67% similar
langer vs laver
67% similar
langer vs linge
67% similar

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

Key facts for langer
PropertyValue
Headwordlanger
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\lɑ̃.ʒe\
Letters6
Frequency rank#38,889
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « langer »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).langerse 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 « landing » (#38,888), « largesses » (#38,890), « kt » (#38,886). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « langer » est au #38,889. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around langer (IPA \lɑ̃.ʒe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #38,889 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Mettre une couche à un bébé.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for langer, with forms such as "alnger", "lagner", and "lanegr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "large", "laver", "linge", and more, 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is langer, spelled L-A-N-G-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mettre une couche à un bébé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. L’amour est présence. Je me souviens des moments passés à vous langer, chacun des trois, lors du biberon du soir, alors que votre mère dormait. Que n’avons-nous pas ri de la couche de travers, des babillages incessants ?

This word in other languages

diaper(English)empañar(Español)windeln(Deutsch)envolver(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • alnger
  • lagner
  • lanegr
  • langerr
  • langger
  • langre
  • lannger
  • llanger
  • lnager

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of langer - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

alnger2lagner2lanegr2langerr1langger1langre2lannger1llanger1
Edit distance from "langer"

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 "langer"?
"langer" is spelled L-A-N-G-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \lɑ̃.ʒe\.
What does "langer" mean?
As a verb, "langer" means: Mettre une couche à un bébé.
What words are commonly confused with "langer"?
"langer" is commonly confused with "large", "laver", "linge". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "langer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "langer" is \lɑ̃.ʒe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "langer" come from?
"langer" 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 "langer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

katana#38,883louait#38,901jardim#38,872Malika#38,909

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

infant9 variantsgrammar9 variantsoptent9 variantsoutlook9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list