lard

\laʁ\

/\laʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“lard” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,928. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,928
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Couche de graisse qui se trouve entre la peau et la chair du porc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lard · lard · French

lard · rank #16,928 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,928
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH laden

Nearest frequency peer: laden (-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 « lard »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « lard » 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).

lard vs LR
0% similar
lard vs ld
50% similar
lard vs led
50% similar

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

Key facts for lard
PropertyValue
Headwordlard
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\laʁ\
Letters4
Frequency rank#16,928
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « lard »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.lardse 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 « laden » (#16,927), « legs » (#16,929), « Kosovo » (#16,926). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « lard » est au #16,928. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around lard (IPA \laʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,928 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 lard, with forms such as "alrd", "ladr", and "lardd". 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, "LR", "ld", "led", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is lard, spelled L-A-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Couche de graisse qui se trouve entre la peau et la chair du porc.
  2. 2
    Morceaux de la chair de porc où la graisse domine.
  3. 3
    Partie grasse qui est entre la peau et la chair de la baleine, du marsouin, et d’autres gros cétacés de même espèce.
  4. 4
    Friandise molle de forme allongée du genre guimauve composée de deux bandes de couleur rose et blanche.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Passez au beurre et laissez cuire dans son jus, et à très-petit feu, la rouelle lardée de gros lard ; servez-la ensuite dedans, après l’avoir dégraissée.
  2. Jim racontait qu’étant assis sur un tronc d’arbre tombé et en train de prendre son repas de midi, composé de liquide et de lard rance, son oreille exercée avait perçu le bruit de sabots de chevaux.

This word in other languages

lard(English)tocino(Español)Speck(Deutsch)lardo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • alrd
  • ladr
  • lardd
  • larrd
  • llard
  • lrad

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

alrd2ladr2lardd1larrd1llard1lrad2
Edit distance from "lard"

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 "lard"?
"lard" is spelled L-A-R-D. The IPA pronunciation is \laʁ\.
What does "lard" mean?
As a noun, "lard" means: Couche de graisse qui se trouve entre la peau et la chair du porc.
What words are commonly confused with "lard"?
"lard" is commonly confused with "LR", "ld", "led". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lard"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lard" is \laʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lard" come from?
"lard" 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 "lard", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

legs#16,929jung#16,925into#16,921Luca#16,935

Similar misspelling depth

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

Mick6 variantsHawaï6 variantspaume6 variantsfosses6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list