laque

\lak\

/\lak\/ noun

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The verdict

“laque” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,499. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,499
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gomme laque ; sorte de résine, d’un rouge jaunâtre, qui sort des branches de plusieurs espèces d’arbres famille des Anacardiaceae poussant en Asie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-laque · laque · French

laque · rank #27,499 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,499
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH Lamborghini

Nearest frequency peer: Lamborghini (-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 « laque »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « laque » 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).

laque vs lue
60% similar
laque vs lau
60% similar
laque vs lave
60% similar

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

Key facts for laque
PropertyValue
Headwordlaque
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\lak\
Letters5
Frequency rank#27,499
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « laque »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).laquese 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 « Lamborghini » (#27,498), « lay » (#27,500), « Laborde » (#27,496). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « laque » est au #27,499. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around laque (IPA \lak\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,499 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for laque, with forms such as "alque", "laqeu", and "laqque". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lue", "lau", "lave", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 laque, spelled L-A-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gomme laque ; sorte de résine, d’un rouge jaunâtre, qui sort des branches de plusieurs espèces d’arbres famille des Anacardiaceae poussant en Asie.
  2. 2
    Terre alumineuse, teinte d’un suc colorant, qu’on emploie dans la peinture.
  3. 3
    Enduit brillant, d’origine industrielle, appliqué sur divers objets.
  4. 4
    Enduit brillant appliqué sur les mets.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Assez loin d’elle, debout devant une table en véritable laque, une personne grassouillette surveillait le samovar de cuivre où chauffait l’eau qui allait servir à la confection du thé.
  2. La résine laque, appelée aussi gomme laque ou simplement laque, est le produit d’un insecte de l’Inde, du groupe des Hémiptères et de la famille des Coccidés, le Carteria lacca Signoret, Commstock (Tachardialacca Signoret; Coccus lacca Kern), qui vit principalement sur des Ficus (F, indien, F. religiosa, F. hengalensis, F. laccifera. etc.), et aussi, mais…

This word in other languages

lacquer(English)laca(Español)Lack(Deutsch)laca(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • alque
  • laqeu
  • laqque
  • lauqe
  • llaque
  • lqaue

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of laque - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

alque2laqeu2laqque1lauqe2llaque1lqaue2
Edit distance from "laque"

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 "laque"?
"laque" is spelled L-A-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \lak\.
What does "laque" mean?
As a noun, "laque" means: Gomme laque ; sorte de résine, d’un rouge jaunâtre, qui sort des branches de plusieurs espèces d’arbres famille des Anacardiaceae poussant en Asie.
What words are commonly confused with "laque"?
"laque" is commonly confused with "lue", "lau", "lave". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "laque"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "laque" is \lak\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "laque" come from?
"laque" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "laque", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list