lâchéevsLarcherWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: lâchée is a adjective, Larcher is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“lâchée” is an adjective and “Larcher” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#36,942
“lâchée” frequency rank
#29,843
“Larcher” frequency rank
66785
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lâchée Larcher
Definition Féminin singulier de lâché. Nom de famille.

Letter map: lâchée vs Larcher

Shared letters muted; letters that set lâchée and Larcher apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. lâchée runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against Larcher's 7 (CVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
lâchée
7 ch
Larcher

Role in the sentence - lâchée and Larcher

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: lâchée is anadjective and Larcheraname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66785, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lâchée is recorded at frequency rank #36,942, classified as anadj, pronounced \la.ʃe\. Larcher is at rank #29,843, tagged as aname.

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 66785, this pair ranks #66,251 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of lâchée vs Larcher

Shared letters: cehl. Private to "lâchée": âé. Private to "Larcher": ar.

"lâchée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV  ·  "Larcher" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Larcher ← alrcher · lacrher · larccher · larcehr · larcherr · larchher · larchre · larhcer

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "lâchée" for "Larcher" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "lâchée" is an adjective and "Larcher" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "lâchée" vs "Larcher" - which ranks higher?
"Larcher" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,843 in our French list, against #36,942 for "lâchée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "lâchée" and "Larcher". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "lâchée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Larcher" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #66,251 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lâchée" and "Larcher" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lâchée 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 #66,251 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