Which to use
“lagune” and “langue” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,241
- “lagune” frequency rank
- #629
- “langue” frequency rank
- 30870
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lagune | langue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Étendue plus ou moins grande d’eau de mer, sur un haut-fond, entre des îlots ou des bancs de sable. | Organe musculaire charnu et mobile, situé à l’intérieur de la bouche, et permettant de percevoir le sens du goût et d’articuler certains sons. |
Where the eye mixes lagune and langue
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. lagune (CVCVCV) and langue (CVCCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: lagune vs langue
A purely visual mix-up. lagune (\la.ɡyn\) and langue (\lɑ̃ɡ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they are an anagram pair: the same letters reordered. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30870, 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\. langue is at rank #629, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lɑ̃ɡ\.
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 30870, this pair ranks #307,481 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lagune vs langue
Shared letters: aeglnu. Private to "lagune": -. Private to "langue": -.
"lagune" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "langue" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "lagune" and "langue" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "lagune" vs "langue" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "lagune" and "langue" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "lagune" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "langue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #307,481 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lagune" and "langue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Labrune vs lagune". 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 #307,481 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.