Which to use
“labo” is a noun and “lar” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,609
- “labo” frequency rank
- #48,637
- “lar” frequency rank
- 61246
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | labo | lar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Laboratoire. | Trop. |
Letter map: labo vs lar
Shared letters muted; letters that set labo and lar apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for labo / lar
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: labo is anoun and laranadverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61246, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
labo is recorded at frequency rank #12,609, classified as anoun, pronounced \la.bo\. lar is at rank #48,637, tagged as anadv.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 61246, this pair ranks #93,290 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of labo vs lar
Shared letters: al. Private to "labo": bo. Private to "lar": r.
"labo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "lar" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- labo ← albo · labbo · laob · lbao · llabo
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "labo" and "lar" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "labo" vs "lar" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "labo" vs "lar" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "labo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #93,290 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "labo" and "lar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lar vs lep". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #93,290 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.