lascar
\las.kaʁ\
The verdict
“lascar” is uncommon French (frequency #68,413 among 128,088 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,413
- frequency rank, French
- 128,088
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Matelot indien servant dans les marines française, portugaise ou britannique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lascar · lascar · French
lascar · rank #68,413 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,413
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 128,088
- PHOTO-FINISH langoustes
Nearest frequency peer: langoustes (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “lascar”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- lanceront
lanceront
31,591 corpus weight
- langeais
langeais
31,590 corpus weight
- langoustes
langoustes
31,589 corpus weight
- lascar
lascar
31,588 corpus weight
- lavables
lavables
31,586 corpus weight
- Laviolette
Laviolette
31,585 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “lascar” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lascar |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \las.kaʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #68,413 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lascar” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
lascar is uncommon French at frequency #68,413 among 128,088 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \las.kaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for lascar, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is lascar, spelled L-A-S-C-A-R.
Definition
- 1Matelot indien servant dans les marines française, portugaise ou britannique.
- 2Individu (avec une connotation plutôt péjorative).
- 3Hacker (fouineur), qui a tendance à forcer les systèmes informatiques et se mettre en position illégale.
Synonyms
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); 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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "lascar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.