Laporte

\la.pɔʁt\

/\la.pɔʁt\/ name

The verdict

“Laporte” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,579. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,579
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-laporte · Laporte · French

Laporte · rank #19,579 · 10 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,579
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH Lancelot

Nearest frequency peer: Lancelot (-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 « Laporte »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Laporte » 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).

Laporte vs Lahore
71% similar
Laporte vs Lacoste
71% similar
Laporte vs Laborde
71% similar

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

Key facts for Laporte
PropertyValue
HeadwordLaporte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\la.pɔʁt\
Letters7
Frequency rank#19,579
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Laporte »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Laportese 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 « Lancelot » (#19,578), « lasser » (#19,580), « laissaient » (#19,577). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « Laporte » est au #19,579. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Laporte (IPA \la.pɔʁt\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #19,579 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Laporte, with forms such as "alporte", "laoprte", and "laporet". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Lahore", "Lacoste", "Laborde", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Laporte, spelled L-A-P-O-R-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le 17 octobre 1970, Pierre Laporte est retrouvé sans vie dans le coffre d’une voiture, en pleine crise d’Octobre.
  2. Selon les journalistes présents, Laporte est détendu et rieur.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • alporte
  • laoprte
  • laporet
  • laporrte
  • laportte
  • lapotre
  • lapporte
  • laprote
  • llaporte
  • lpaorte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

alporte2laoprte2laporet2laporrte1laportte1lapotre2lapporte1laprote2
Edit distance from "Laporte"

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list