lassitude

\la.si.tyd\

/\la.si.tyd\/ noun

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The verdict

“lassitude” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,921. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,921
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sensation de fatigue causée par une mauvaise disposition de santé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lassitude · lassitude · French

lassitude · rank #23,921 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #23,921
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH kris

Nearest frequency peer: kris (-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 « lassitude »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « lassitude » 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).

lassitude vs latitude
78% similar

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

Key facts for lassitude
PropertyValue
Headwordlassitude
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\la.si.tyd\
Letters9
Frequency rank#23,921
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « lassitude »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).lassitudese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « kris » (#23,920), « Lebrun » (#23,922), « kat » (#23,919). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « lassitude » est au #23,921. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around lassitude (IPA \la.si.tyd\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,921 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for lassitude, with forms such as "alssitude", "lasistude", and "lasitude". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "latitude", 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is lassitude, spelled L-A-S-S-I-T-U-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sensation de fatigue causée par une mauvaise disposition de santé.
  2. 2
    État de celui qui est las, de celle qui est lasse, au propre et au figuré.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. J’avais les membres roidis et ressentais une si pénible lassitude, que je restai longtemps sans pouvoir trouver le sommeil.
  2. Il a renoncé à cette correspondance par pure lassitude d’avoir toujours les mêmes choses à dire.

Synonyms

abattementdécouragementennuifatigue

Antonyms

enthousiasme

This word in other languages

weariness(English)cansancio(Español)Müdigkeit(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • alssitude
  • lasistude
  • lasitude
  • lassitdue
  • lassittude
  • lassitudde
  • lassitued
  • lassiutde
  • lasstiude
  • llassitude
  • lsasitude

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

alssitude2lasistude2lasitude1lassitdue2lassittude1lassitudde1lassitued2lassiutde2
Edit distance from "lassitude"

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 "lassitude"?
"lassitude" is spelled L-A-S-S-I-T-U-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \la.si.tyd\.
What does "lassitude" mean?
As a noun, "lassitude" means: Sensation de fatigue causée par une mauvaise disposition de santé.
What words are commonly confused with "lassitude"?
"lassitude" is commonly confused with "latitude". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lassitude"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lassitude" is \la.si.tyd\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lassitude" come from?
"lassitude" 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 "lassitude", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

légiférer#23,926maintiens#23,929intenable#23,906impartial#23,895

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

libérez11 variantsmordant11 variantsimmaculée11 variantspingouin11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list