larguevsLaroqueConfusable pair

Quick tell: largue is a adjective, Laroque is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“largue” is an adjective and “Laroque” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#39,372
“largue” frequency rank
#46,858
“Laroque” frequency rank
86230
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature largue Laroque
Definition Qui n’est pas tendu. Nom de famille.

Letter map: largue vs Laroque

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

6 ch
largue
7 ch
Laroque

Grammar separator: largue vs Laroque

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: largue is anadjective and Laroqueaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86230, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

largue is recorded at frequency rank #39,372, classified as anadj, pronounced \laʁɡ\. Laroque is at rank #46,858, tagged as aname.

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 86230, this pair ranks #10,038 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of largue vs Laroque

Shared letters: aelru. Private to "largue": g. Private to "Laroque": oq.

"largue" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV  ·  "Laroque" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • largue ← alrgue · lagrue · largeu · larggue · larrgue · laruge · llargue · lrague
  • Laroque ← alroque · laorque · laroqeu · laroqque · larouqe · larqoue · larroque · llaroque

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "largue" and "Laroque" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "largue" is an adjective and "Laroque" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "largue" or "Laroque" show up more?
"largue" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #39,372 in our French list, against #46,858 for "Laroque". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "largue" and "Laroque". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "largue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Laroque" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #10,038 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "largue" and "Laroque" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Laroque vs loque". 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 #10,038 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