laplace

\la.plas\

/\la.plas\/ noun

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The verdict

“laplace” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,120. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,120
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
10
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Préposé au maintien de la discipline dans le hounfor, dirige les porte-drapeaux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-laplace · laplace · French

laplace · rank #35,120 · 10 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,120
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH lans

Nearest frequency peer: lans (-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 « laplace »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « laplace » 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
Key facts for laplace
PropertyValue
Headwordlaplace
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\la.plas\
Letters7
Frequency rank#35,120
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « laplace »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.laplacese 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 « lans » (#35,119), « latente » (#35,121), « laiterie » (#35,118). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « laplace » est au #35,120. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around laplace (IPA \la.plas\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,120 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Préposé au maintien de la discipline dans le hounfor, dirige les porte-drapeaux.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for laplace, with forms such as "alplace", "lalpace", and "lapalce". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 laplace, spelled L-A-P-L-A-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Préposé au maintien de la discipline dans le hounfor, dirige les porte-drapeaux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le laplace est muni d′un sabre ou d′une épée. C'est toujours un garçon.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • alplace
  • lalpace
  • lapalce
  • laplacce
  • laplaec
  • laplcae
  • lapllace
  • lapplace
  • llaplace
  • lpalace

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

alplace2lalpace2lapalce2laplacce1laplaec2laplcae2lapllace1lapplace1
Edit distance from "laplace"

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 "laplace"?
"laplace" is spelled L-A-P-L-A-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \la.plas\.
What does "laplace" mean?
As a noun, "laplace" means: Préposé au maintien de la discipline dans le hounfor, dirige les porte-drapeaux.
What are common misspellings of "laplace"?
Common misspellings include "alplace", "lalpace", "lapalce", "laplacce", "laplaec". The correct spelling is "laplace".
How do you pronounce "laplace"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "laplace" is \la.plas\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "laplace" come from?
"laplace" 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 "laplace", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

latente#35,121lesbien#35,124Kessler#35,114license#35,127

Similar misspelling depth

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

laiterie10 variantsMalakoff10 variantsMethode10 variantsmetteurs10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list