Which to use
“lar” and “largo” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,637
- “lar” frequency rank
- #36,925
- “largo” frequency rank
- 85562
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lar | largo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Trop. | Très lentement. On le met en tête d’un morceau de musique pour indiquer qu’on doit le jouer très lentement. |
Letter map: lar vs largo
Shared letters muted; letters that set lar and largo apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. lar runs 3 letters (CVC) against largo's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - lar / largo
lar and largo are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “lar” sits inside “largo”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85562, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lar is recorded at frequency rank #48,637, classified as anadv. largo is at rank #36,925, tagged as anadv, pronounced \laʁ.ɡo\.
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 85562, this pair ranks #11,142 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of lar vs largo
Shared letters: alr. Private to "lar": -. Private to "largo": go.
"lar" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "largo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- largo ← alrgo · lagro · larggo · larog · larrgo · llargo · lrago
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "lar" and "largo" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "lar" vs "largo" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "lar" and "largo". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "lar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "largo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #11,142 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lar" and "largo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lar vs lep". 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 #11,142 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.