laquer
\la.ke\
The verdict
“laquer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Recouvrir de laque ou d’une peinture brillante qui imite la laque.
Corpus desk
Index FR-laquer · laquer · French
laquer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | laquer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \la.ke\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « laquer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
laquer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \la.ke\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Recouvrir de laque ou d’une peinture brillante qui imite la laque.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for laquer, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 laquer, spelled L-A-Q-U-E-R.
Definition
- 1Recouvrir de laque ou d’une peinture brillante qui imite la laque.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how laquer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Laquer un meuble de bois blanc.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.