# Loire

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈlwɑː(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #39,401

## Definitions
1. The longest river in France, passing (from southeast to northwest) through the departments of Ardèche, Haute-Loire, Loire, Saône-et-Loire, Allier, Nièvre, Cher, Loiret, Loir-et-Cher, Indre-et-Loire, Maine-et-Loire and Loire-Atlantique.
2. A department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. Capital: Saint-Étienne.

## Etymology
From French Loire, from Latin Liger, itself borrowed from the native Gaulish name of the river, from *liga (“silt, sediment, deposit, alluvium”) (see also French lie, English lees), from Proto-Celtic *legyā, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie, lay”), the same source as many words in English such as lie, ledge, etc.

## Easily confused with
- **lor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loire-vs-lor)
- **love** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loire-vs-love)
- **lord** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loire-vs-lord)
- **lose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loire-vs-lose)
- **lone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loire-vs-lone)
- **lure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loire-vs-lure)
- **lowe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loire-vs-lowe)
- **lore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loire-vs-lore)
- **Lois** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loire-vs-lois)
- **Lori** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loire-vs-lori)
- **lyre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loire-vs-lyre)
- **Lora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loire-vs-lora)
- **lope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loire-vs-lope)
- **loose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loire-vs-loose)
- **Louie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loire-vs-louie)
- **lowry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loire-vs-lowry)
- **lorry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loire-vs-lorry)
- **lotte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loire-vs-lotte)
- **louse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loire-vs-louse)
- **Louise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loire-vs-louise)

## Common misspellings (6)
`liore`, `lloire`, `loier`, `loirre`, `lorie`, `olire`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/loire