Lascaux
The verdict
“Lascaux” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,976. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,976
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lascaux · Lascaux · French
Lascaux · rank #42,976 · 10 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #42,976
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH Larbi
Nearest frequency peer: Larbi (-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 « Lascaux »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- landon
landon
57,028 corpus weight
- lançaient
lançaient
57,027 corpus weight
- Larbi
Larbi
57,026 corpus weight
- Lascaux
Lascaux
57,025 corpus weight
- Layla
Layla
57,024 corpus weight
- leasing
leasing
57,022 corpus weight
What this shows « Lascaux » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | Lascaux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #42,976 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Lascaux »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Lascaux, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #42,976 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Lascaux, with forms such as "alscaux", "lacsaux", and "lasacux". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "locaux", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 Lascaux, spelled L-A-S-C-A-U-X.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Lascaux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le maire Jean-Louis Lascaux a présidé l’hommage dans un moment empreint de souvenirs et de recueillement.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- alscaux
- lacsaux
- lasacux
- lascauxx
- lascaxu
- lasccaux
- lascuax
- lasscaux
- llascaux
- lsacaux
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Lascaux - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "Lascaux", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).