Which to use
“lagune” and “lagunes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,241
- “lagune” frequency rank
- #43,523
- “lagunes” frequency rank
- 73764
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lagune | lagunes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Étendue plus ou moins grande d’eau de mer, sur un haut-fond, entre des îlots ou des bancs de sable. | Pluriel de lagune. |
Same sound, different letters: lagune vs lagunes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. lagune runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against lagunes's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: lagune vs lagunes
This is the hard kind. lagune and lagunes are pronounced identically (\la.ɡyn\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “lagune” sits inside “lagunes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73764, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lagune is recorded at frequency rank #30,241, classified as anoun, pronounced \la.ɡyn\. 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 73764, this pair ranks #39,354 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of lagune vs lagunes
Shared letters: aeglnu. Private to "lagune": -. Private to "lagunes": s.
"lagune" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "lagunes" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "lagune" for "lagunes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "lagune" vs "lagunes" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "lagune" / "lagunes". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "lagune" 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 #39,354 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lagune" 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 #39,354 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.