Laroque
The verdict
“Laroque” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #46,858 in French word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #46,858
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Laroque |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #46,858 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Laroque” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for Laroque is 7 letters long, classified as a proper noun. Corpus data places it at rank #46,858 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Nom de famille.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Laroque, with forms such as "alroque", "laorque", and "laroqeu". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "loque", "lorsque", "lyrique", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Laroque, spelled L-A-R-O-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: alroque,laorque,laroqeu,laroqque,larouqe,larqoue,larroque,llaroque,lraoque
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Laroque - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “Laroque”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is L-A-R-O-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “loque” - see the side-by-side comparison. Laroque vs loque
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.