Which to use
“lacunes” and “lagunes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,990
- “lacunes” frequency rank
- #43,523
- “lagunes” frequency rank
- 55513
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lacunes | lagunes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de lacune. | Pluriel de lagune. |
Where the eye mixes lacunes and lagunes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. lacunes and lagunes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between lacunes and lagunes
A purely visual mix-up. lacunes (\la.kyn\) and lagunes (\la.ɡyn\) 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 a single letter - c in “lacunes” becomes g in “lagunes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55513, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lacunes is recorded at frequency rank #11,990, classified as anoun, pronounced \la.kyn\. lagunes is at rank #43,523, tagged as anoun, pronounced \la.ɡyn\.
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 55513, this pair ranks #127,013 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lacunes vs lagunes
Shared letters: aelnsu. Private to "lacunes": c. Private to "lagunes": g.
"lacunes" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "lagunes" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lacunes" and "lagunes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "lacunes" vs "lagunes" - 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 "lacunes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lagunes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #127,013 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lacunes" and "lagunes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lagunes vs laines". 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 #127,013 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.