Which to use
“lâchement” and “largement” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,172
- “lâchement” frequency rank
- #1,442
- “largement” frequency rank
- 35614
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lâchement | largement |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Avec mollesse, avec nonchalance, sans énergie. | D’une manière large ; abondamment. |
Where the eye mixes lâchement and largement
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. lâchement and largement follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: lâchement vs largement
A purely visual mix-up. lâchement (\lɑʃ.mɑ̃\) and largement (\laʁ.ʒə.mɑ̃\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35614, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lâchement is recorded at frequency rank #34,172, classified as anadv, pronounced \lɑʃ.mɑ̃\. largement is at rank #1,442, tagged as anadv, pronounced \laʁ.ʒə.mɑ̃\.
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 35614, this pair ranks #275,434 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lâchement vs largement
Shared letters: elmnt. Private to "lâchement": châ. Private to "largement": agr.
"lâchement" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC · "largement" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- largement ← alrgement · lagrement · laregment · largeemnt · largemennt · largementt · largemetn · largemment
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "lâchement" for "largement" ever safe?
Frequency check: "lâchement" vs "largement" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "lâchement" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "largement" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #275,434 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lâchement" and "largement" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lâchement vs lavement". 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 #275,434 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.