Which to use
“lagune” is a noun and “larguée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,241
- “lagune” frequency rank
- #46,857
- “larguée” frequency rank
- 77098
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lagune | larguée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Étendue plus ou moins grande d’eau de mer, sur un haut-fond, entre des îlots ou des bancs de sable. | Féminin singulier de largué. |
Where the eye mixes lagune and larguée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. lagune runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against larguée's 7 (CVCCVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses lagune with larguée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: lagune is \la.ɡyn\ while larguée is \laʁ.ɡe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77098, 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\. larguée is at rank #46,857, tagged as anadj, pronounced \laʁ.ɡe\.
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 77098, this pair ranks #29,325 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of lagune vs larguée
Shared letters: aeglu. Private to "lagune": n. Private to "larguée": ré.
"lagune" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "larguée" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- lagune ← algune · laggune · laguen · lagunne · laugne · lgaune · llagune
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "lagune" for "larguée" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "lagune" or "larguée" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "lagune" and "larguée" 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 "larguée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #29,325 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lagune" and "larguée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "largage vs larguée". 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 #29,325 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.