Which to use
“lafon” and “leçon” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,390
- “lafon” frequency rank
- #3,467
- “leçon” frequency rank
- 41857
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lafon | leçon |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Accusatif singulier de lafo. | Petite portion d’une discipline enseignée à un groupe de personnes ou à une seule personne. |
Where the eye mixes lafon and leçon
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. lafon and leçon follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between lafon and leçon
A purely visual mix-up. lafon (\ˈla.fon\) and leçon (\lə.sɔ̃\) 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 41857, 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\. leçon is at rank #3,467, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lə.sɔ̃\.
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 41857, this pair ranks #229,993 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lafon vs leçon
Shared letters: lno. Private to "lafon": af. Private to "leçon": eç.
"lafon" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "leçon" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- lafon ← alfon · laffon · lafno · lafonn · laofn · lfaon · llafon
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lafon" and "leçon" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "lafon" or "leçon" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "lafon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "leçon" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #229,993 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lafon" and "leçon" 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 #229,993 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.