Which to use
“lacan” and “lace” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,026
- “lacan” frequency rank
- #41,860
- “lace” frequency rank
- 66886
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lacan | lace |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de lacar. | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de lacer. |
Where the eye mixes lacan and lace
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. lacan runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against lace's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: lacan vs lace
A purely visual mix-up. lacan (\ˈla.kan\) and lace (\las\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66886, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lacan is recorded at frequency rank #25,026, classified as averb, pronounced \ˈla.kan\. lace is at rank #41,860, tagged as averb, pronounced \las\.
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 66886, this pair ranks #65,866 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of lacan vs lace
Shared letters: acl. Private to "lacan": n. Private to "lace": e.
"lacan" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "lace" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "lacan" for "lace" ever safe?
Frequency check: "lacan" vs "lace" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "lacan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lace" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #65,866 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lacan" and "lace" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lace vs lago". 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 #65,866 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.