lâchésvsLarcherWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#30,254
“lâchés” frequency rank
#29,843
“Larcher” frequency rank
60097
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lâchés Larcher
Definition Masculin pluriel de lâché. Nom de famille.

Letter map: lâchés vs Larcher

Shared letters muted; letters that set lâchés and Larcher apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. lâchés runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against Larcher's 7 (CVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
lâchés
7 ch
Larcher

Role in the sentence - lâchés and Larcher

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: lâchés is anadjective and Larcheraname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60097, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lâchés is recorded at frequency rank #30,254, 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 60097, this pair ranks #99,472 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of lâchés vs Larcher

Shared letters: chl. Private to "lâchés": sâé. Private to "Larcher": aer.

"lâchés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "Larcher" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "lâchés" for "Larcher" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "lâchés" is an adjective and "Larcher" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "lâchés" or "Larcher" show up more?
"Larcher" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,843 in our French list, against #30,254 for "lâchés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "lâchés" 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 #99,472 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lâchés" and "Larcher" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lâchés 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 #99,472 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