lavoir

\la.vwaʁ\

/\la.vwaʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“lavoir” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,246. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,246
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bassin public alimenté en eau aménagé pour rincer le linge.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lavoir · lavoir · French

lavoir · rank #30,246 · 8 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,246
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH lardons

Nearest frequency peer: lardons (-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 « lavoir »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « lavoir » 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).

lavoir vs loir
67% similar
lavoir vs Lenoir
50% similar
lavoir vs Lair
50% similar

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

Key facts for lavoir
PropertyValue
Headwordlavoir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\la.vwaʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#30,246
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « lavoir »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.lavoirse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « lardons » (#30,245), « Lecomte » (#30,247), « lancera » (#30,244). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « lavoir » est au #30,246. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around lavoir (IPA \la.vwaʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,246 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for lavoir, with forms such as "alvoir", "laovir", and "lavior". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "loir", "Lenoir", "Lair", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 lavoir, spelled L-A-V-O-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bassin public alimenté en eau aménagé pour rincer le linge.
  2. 2
    Bassin public alimenté en eau aménagé pour rincer le linge.
  3. 3
    Bassin public alimenté en eau aménagé pour rincer le linge.
  4. 4
    Bassin public alimenté en eau aménagé pour rincer le linge.
  5. 5
    Dans les communautés et dans les sacristies, lieu où on se lave les mains.
  6. 6
    Appareil destiné à laver les substances que l’on emploie dans les manufactures ; machine dont on se sert pour laver le minerai, dans les mines.
  7. 7
    Accessoire destiné à être vissé sur la baguette du fusil et qui permet de coincer un chiffon pour ensuite l'introduite dans l'âme du canon afin de le nettoyer l'arme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Et voici le lavoir tari, où l’on peut vérifier, dans la vase qui garde les empreintes, quels chevaux ont l’habitude de se baigner.
  2. Il y avait beau temps, au lavoir communal ou sous les auvents d’aisseaux qu’on échangeait d’oreille à oreille de petites réflexions et qu’on se faisait part d’observations particulières […].

This word in other languages

wash house(English)lavadero(Español)Lavoir(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • alvoir
  • laovir
  • lavior
  • lavoirr
  • lavori
  • lavvoir
  • llavoir
  • lvaoir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lavoir - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

alvoir2laovir2lavior2lavoirr1lavori2lavvoir1llavoir1lvaoir2
Edit distance from "lavoir"

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 "lavoir"?
"lavoir" is spelled L-A-V-O-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \la.vwaʁ\.
What does "lavoir" mean?
As a noun, "lavoir" means: Bassin public alimenté en eau aménagé pour rincer le linge.
What words are commonly confused with "lavoir"?
"lavoir" is commonly confused with "loir", "Lenoir", "Lair". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lavoir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lavoir" is \la.vwaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lavoir" come from?
"lavoir" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

lagune#30,241lounge#30,252lâchés#30,254Madère#30,257

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

manioc8 variantsodieuse8 variantsorties8 variantspatine8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list