lavis

/\la.vi\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#41,866

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

lavis is aFrenchnoun. It means: Technique de dessin utilisant une seule couleur provenant souvent de l’encre de Chine, mais aussi le bistre, la sépia ou quelque autre substance colorante qui sont utilisées à des degrés de dilutio... Pronounced \la.vi\. Often confused with lis and lois.

Key facts for lavis
PropertyValue
Headwordlavis
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\la.vi\
Letters5
Frequency rank#41,866
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of lavis in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for lavis is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \la.vi\. Corpus data places it at rank #41,866 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for lavis, with forms such as "alvis", "laivs", and "laviss". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lis", "lois", "luis", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is lavis, spelled L-A-V-I-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Technique de dessin utilisant une seule couleur provenant souvent de l’encre de Chine, mais aussi le bistre, la sépia ou quelque autre substance colorante qui sont utilisées à des degrés de dilution divers.
  2. 2
    Dessin, généralement de construction géométrique ou d’architecture, fait de cette manière.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: alvis,laivs,laviss,lavsi,lavvis,llavis,lvais

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for lavis

Misspelling Variants of "lavis"

alvis5laivs5laviss6lavsi5lavvis6llavis6lvais5
Misspelling Variants of "lavis"

Frequency rank: #41,866 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lavis"?
"lavis" is spelled L-A-V-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \la.vi\.
What does "lavis" mean?
As a noun, "lavis" means: Technique de dessin utilisant une seule couleur provenant souvent de l’encre de Chine, mais aussi le bistre, la sépia ou quelque autre substance colorante qui sont utilisées à des degrés de dilutio...
What words are commonly confused with "lavis"?
"lavis" is commonly confused with "lis", "lois", "luis". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lavis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lavis" is \la.vi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lavis" come from?
"lavis" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby French words

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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.