Which to use
“lacune” and “laque” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,685
- “lacune” frequency rank
- #27,499
- “laque” frequency rank
- 58184
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lacune | laque |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Espace vide, solution de continuité dans un corps ou dans une série. | Gomme laque ; sorte de résine, d’un rouge jaunâtre, qui sort des branches de plusieurs espèces d’arbres famille des Anacardiaceae poussant en Asie. |
Where the eye mixes lacune and laque
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: lacune vs laque
A purely visual mix-up. lacune (\la.kyn\) and laque (\lak\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58184, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lacune is recorded at frequency rank #30,685, classified as anoun, pronounced \la.kyn\. laque is at rank #27,499, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lak\.
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 58184, this pair ranks #110,549 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of lacune vs laque
Shared letters: aelu. Private to "lacune": cn. Private to "laque": q.
"lacune" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "laque" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "lacune" for "laque" ever safe?
Frequency check: "lacune" vs "laque" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "lacune" and "laque" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "lacune" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "laque" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #110,549 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lacune" and "laque" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Labrune vs lacune". 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 #110,549 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.