Which to use
“lafon” and “lagos” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,390
- “lafon” frequency rank
- #26,421
- “lagos” frequency rank
- 64811
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lafon | lagos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Accusatif singulier de lafo. | Vin portugais d’appellation contrôlée produit dans la ville de Lagos. |
Where the eye mixes lafon and lagos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between lafon and lagos
A purely visual mix-up. lafon (\ˈla.fon\) and lagos (\la.ɡos\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64811, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lafon is recorded at frequency rank #38,390, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈla.fon\. lagos is at rank #26,421, tagged as anoun, pronounced \la.ɡos\.
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 64811, this pair ranks #75,211 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of lafon vs lagos
Shared letters: alo. Private to "lafon": fn. Private to "lagos": gs.
"lafon" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "lagos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "lafon" and "lagos" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "lafon" or "lagos"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "lafon" and "lagos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "lafon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lagos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #75,211 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lafon" and "lagos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lafon vs larron". 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 #75,211 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.