LavergnevslaverieWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Lavergne is a name, laverie is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Lavergne” is a name and “laverie” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#38,392
“Lavergne” frequency rank
#38,393
“laverie” frequency rank
76785
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Lavergne laverie
Definition Nom de famille. Endroit où on lave le minerai.

Letter map: Lavergne vs laverie

Shared letters muted; letters that set Lavergne and laverie apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. Lavergne runs 8 letters (CVCVCCCV) against laverie's 7 (CVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
Lavergne
7 ch
laverie

Grammar separator: Lavergne vs laverie

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Lavergne is aname and laverieanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76785, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Lavergne is recorded at frequency rank #38,392, classified as aname. laverie is at rank #38,393, tagged as anoun, pronounced \la.vʁi\.

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 76785, this pair ranks #30,166 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Lavergne vs laverie

Shared letters: aelrv. Private to "Lavergne": gn. Private to "laverie": i.

"Lavergne" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCCV  ·  "laverie" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Lavergnealvergne · laevrgne · lavegrne · lavergen · laverggne · lavergnne · lavernge · laverrgne
  • laveriealverie · laevrie · laveire · laverei · laverrie · lavreie · lavverie · llaverie

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Lavergne" and "laverie" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Lavergne" is a name and "laverie" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "Lavergne" or "laverie" show up more?
"Lavergne" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,392 in our French list, against #38,393 for "laverie". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Lavergne" and "laverie".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Lavergne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "laverie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #30,166 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Lavergne" and "laverie" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "laverie vs literie". 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 #30,166 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