Which to use
“labour” is a noun and “Latour” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,046
- “labour” frequency rank
- #48,858
- “Latour” frequency rank
- 50904
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | labour | Latour |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | An effort expended on a particular task; toil, work. | A surname from French. |
Letter map: labour vs Latour
Shared letters muted; letters that set labour and Latour apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. labour and Latour follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for labour / Latour
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: labour is anoun and Latouraname. On the page they differ by a single letter - b in “labour” becomes t in “Latour”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50904, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
labour is recorded at frequency rank #2,046, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈleɪ.bə/. Latour is at rank #48,858, 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 50904, this pair ranks #170,140 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of labour vs Latour
Shared letters: aloru. Private to "labour": b. Private to "Latour": t.
"labour" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "Latour" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "labour" and "Latour" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "labour" or "Latour"?
After this comparison
Pair "labour" vs "Latour" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "labour" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Latour" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #170,140 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "labour" and "Latour" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "labours vs Latour". 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 #170,140 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.