LarchervslécherWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Larcher is a name, lécher is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Larcher” is a name and “lécher” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#29,843
“Larcher” frequency rank
#15,177
“lécher” frequency rank
45020
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Larcher lécher
Definition Nom de famille. Passer la langue sur quelque chose.

Letter map: Larcher vs lécher

Shared letters muted; letters that set Larcher and lécher apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. Larcher runs 7 letters (CVCCCVC) against lécher's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
Larcher
6 ch
lécher

Grammar separator: Larcher vs lécher

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Larcher is aname and lécheraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45020, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Larcher is recorded at frequency rank #29,843, classified as aname. lécher is at rank #15,177, tagged as averb, pronounced \le.ʃe\.

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 45020, this pair ranks #205,999 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Larcher vs lécher

Shared letters: cehlr. Private to "Larcher": a. Private to "lécher": é.

"Larcher" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC  ·  "lécher" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Larcher ← alrcher · lacrher · larccher · larcehr · larcherr · larchher · larchre · larhcer

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Larcher" for "lécher" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Larcher" is a name and "lécher" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Larcher" vs "lécher" - which ranks higher?
"lécher" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,177 in our French list, against #29,843 for "Larcher". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "Larcher" and "lécher". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Larcher" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "lécher" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #205,999 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Larcher" and "lécher" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Larcher vs lyncher". 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 #205,999 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list