laborvslagosTell them apart

Which to use

“labor” and “lagos” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#30,683
“labor” frequency rank
#26,421
“lagos” frequency rank
57104
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature labor lagos
Definition Peine, souffrance. Vin portugais d’appellation contrôlée produit dans la ville de Lagos.

Letter map: labor vs lagos

Shared letters muted; letters that set labor and lagos apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
labor
5 ch
lagos

Pair insight - labor / lagos

labor and lagos are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57104, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

labor is recorded at frequency rank #30,683, classified as anoun. lagos is at rank #26,421, tagged as anoun, pronounced \la.ɡos\.

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 57104, this pair ranks #117,008 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of labor vs lagos

Shared letters: alo. Private to "labor": br. Private to "lagos": gs.

"labor" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "lagos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • laboralbor · labbor · laborr · labro · laobr · lbaor · llabor
  • lagosalgos · laggos · lagoss · lagso · laogs · lgaos · llagos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "labor" and "lagos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "labor" vs "lagos" - which ranks higher?
"lagos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,421 in our French list, against #30,683 for "labor". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "labor" vs "lagos" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "labor" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "lagos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #117,008 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "labor" and "lagos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "labor vs lobo". 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 #117,008 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list