Which to use
“langue” is a noun and “larguée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #629
- “langue” frequency rank
- #46,857
- “larguée” frequency rank
- 47486
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | langue | larguée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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. | Féminin singulier de largué. |
Where the eye mixes langue and larguée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. langue runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against larguée's 7 (CVCCVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: langue vs larguée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: langue is \lɑ̃ɡ\ 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 47486, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
langue is recorded at frequency rank #629, classified as anoun, pronounced \lɑ̃ɡ\. 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 47486, this pair ranks #186,574 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of langue vs larguée
Shared letters: aeglu. Private to "langue": n. Private to "larguée": ré.
"langue" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "larguée" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- langue ← alngue · lagnue · langeu · langgue · lanngue · lanuge · llangue · lnague
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "langue" for "larguée" ever safe?
Which is more common, "langue" or "larguée"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "langue" and "larguée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "langue" 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 #186,574 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "langue" 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 #186,574 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.