Which to use
“lâché” and “large” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,973
- “lâché” frequency rank
- #1,031
- “large” frequency rank
- 8004
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lâché | large |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Quelque chose qui est négligé, qui manque de précision, de vigueur. | Qui a une dimension déterminée dans le sens de la largeur, par opposition à long, à haut, à profond. |
Where the eye mixes lâché and large
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.
Look-alike desk: lâché vs large
A purely visual mix-up. lâché (\la.ʃe\) and large (\laʁʒ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8004, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lâché is recorded at frequency rank #6,973, classified as anadj, pronounced \la.ʃe\. large is at rank #1,031, tagged as anadj, pronounced \laʁʒ\.
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 8004, this pair ranks #421,435 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of lâché vs large
Shared letters: l. Private to "lâché": châé. Private to "large": aegr.
"lâché" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "large" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- large ← alrge · lagre · lareg · largge · larrge · llarge · lrage
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "lâché" for "large" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "lâché" or "large" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "lâché" and "large" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "lâché" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "large" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #421,435 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lâché" and "large" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lâché vs loches". 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 #421,435 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.