Which to use
“lacet” and “lacets” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,015
- “lacet” frequency rank
- #19,053
- “lacets” frequency rank
- 48068
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lacet | lacets |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nœud coulant avec lequel on prend les perdrix, les lièvres, etc. | Pluriel de lacet. |
Same sound, different letters: lacet vs lacets
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. lacet runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against lacets's 6 (CVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - lacet and lacets
This is the hard kind. lacet and lacets are pronounced identically (\la.sɛ\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “lacet” sits inside “lacets”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48068, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lacet is recorded at frequency rank #29,015, classified as anoun, pronounced \la.sɛ\. lacets is at rank #19,053, tagged as anoun, pronounced \la.sɛ\.
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 48068, this pair ranks #181,920 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lacet vs lacets
Shared letters: acelt. Private to "lacet": -. Private to "lacets": s.
"lacet" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "lacets" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "lacet" and "lacets" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "lacet" vs "lacets" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "lacet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lacets" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #181,920 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lacet" and "lacets" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lacet vs lancet". 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 #181,920 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.