Which to use
“largeur” is a noun and “larguer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,148
- “largeur” frequency rank
- #19,890
- “larguer” frequency rank
- 25038
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | largeur | larguer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Étendue d’une chose considérée d’un de ses côtés à l’autre, par opposition à longueur. | Lâcher une manœuvre, lâcher ou filer le cordage qui retient une voile par le bas. |
Where the eye mixes largeur and larguer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. largeur and larguer follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between largeur and larguer
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: largeur is \laʁ.ʒœʁ\ while larguer is \laʁ.ɡe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ only by swapping two adjacent letters (eu ↔ ue) - a transposition the eye reads straight past, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25038, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
largeur is recorded at frequency rank #5,148, classified as anoun, pronounced \laʁ.ʒœʁ\. larguer is at rank #19,890, tagged as averb, 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 25038, this pair ranks #343,150 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of largeur vs larguer
Shared letters: aeglru. Private to "largeur": -. Private to "larguer": -.
"largeur" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "larguer" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "largeur" and "larguer" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "largeur" or "larguer" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "largeur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "larguer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #343,150 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "largeur" and "larguer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "larguée vs larguer". 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 #343,150 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.