lavement

\lav.mɑ̃\

/\lav.mɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“lavement” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,892. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,892
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de laver.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lavement · lavement · French

lavement · rank #38,892 · 12 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,892
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH leak

Nearest frequency peer: leak (+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 « lavement »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « lavement » 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).

lavement vs lavent
75% similar
lavement vs logement
75% similar
lavement vs largement
78% similar

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

Key facts for lavement
PropertyValue
Headwordlavement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\lav.mɑ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#38,892
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « lavement »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).lavementse 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 « leak » (#38,893), « largesses » (#38,890), « Leclercq » (#38,894). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « lavement » est au #38,892. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around lavement (IPA \lav.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,892 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for lavement, with forms such as "alvement", "laevment", and "laveemnt". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "lavent", "logement", "largement", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is lavement, spelled L-A-V-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de laver.
  2. 2
    Ancien signe d’hospitalité des peuples d’Orient et devenu acte liturgique dans le langage de l’église.
  3. 3
    Acte médical qui consiste à introduire un liquide (qui est en suite expulsé ou aspiré) dans une cavité ou une lumière.
  4. 4
    Acte médical qui consiste à introduire un liquide (qui est en suite expulsé ou aspiré) dans une cavité ou une lumière.
  5. 5
    Personne ennuyeuse dont la conversation vous vide littéralement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le lavement des pieds.
  2. Le lavement des mains.

Synonyms

clystèrelavagenettoyage

This word in other languages

enema(English)lavado(Español)Klistier(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • alvement
  • laevment
  • laveemnt
  • lavemennt
  • lavementt
  • lavemetn
  • lavemment
  • lavemnet
  • lavmeent
  • lavvement
  • llavement
  • lvaement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

alvement2laevment2laveemnt2lavemennt1lavementt1lavemetn2lavemment1lavemnet2
Edit distance from "lavement"

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 "lavement"?
"lavement" is spelled L-A-V-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \lav.mɑ̃\.
What does "lavement" mean?
As a noun, "lavement" means: Action de laver.
What words are commonly confused with "lavement"?
"lavement" is commonly confused with "lavent", "logement", "largement". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lavement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lavement" is \lav.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lavement" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "lavement", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Leclercq#38,894lesdites#38,895Lothaire#38,900louvière#38,902

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

largesses12 variantsmatinées12 variantsinventif12 variantsMcKenzie12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list