Which to use
“lagune” and “légume” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,241
- “lagune” frequency rank
- #17,474
- “légume” frequency rank
- 47715
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lagune | légume |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Étendue plus ou moins grande d’eau de mer, sur un haut-fond, entre des îlots ou des bancs de sable. | Toute sorte d’herbes potagères, de plantes, de racines, de graines comestibles. Organisme végétal considéré en tant qu’aliment et utilisé principalement dans des plats salés (par opposition aux fruits) et en quantité substantielle (par opposition aux épices et aux herbes) ; on y inclus parfois les champignons comestibles. |
Where the eye mixes lagune and légume
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. lagune and légume follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between lagune and légume
A purely visual mix-up. lagune (\la.ɡyn\) and légume (\le.ɡym\) 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 47715, 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\. légume is at rank #17,474, tagged as anoun, pronounced \le.ɡym\.
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 47715, this pair ranks #184,743 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lagune vs légume
Shared letters: eglu. Private to "lagune": an. Private to "légume": mé.
"lagune" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "légume" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- lagune ← algune · laggune · laguen · lagunne · laugne · lgaune · llagune
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lagune" and "légume" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "lagune" or "légume" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "lagune" and "légume" 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 "légume" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #184,743 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lagune" and "légume" 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 #184,743 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.