loin

\lwɛ̃\

/\lwɛ̃\/ adv

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The verdict

“loin” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #348) as an adverb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#348
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se trouvant à une grande distance.

Corpus desk

Index FR-loin · loin · French

loin · rank #348 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #348
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH heures

Nearest frequency peer: heures (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « loin »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « loin » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

loin vs lui
50% similar
loin vs lol
50% similar
loin vs lot
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for loin
PropertyValue
Headwordloin
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\lwɛ̃\
Letters4
Frequency rank#348
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « loin »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).loinse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « heures » (#347), « possible » (#349), « heure » (#346). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « loin » est au #348. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for loin is neighbouring look-alikes ("lui", "lol", …), not just typos; it is anadverb pronounced \lwɛ̃\. Frequency #348 among 2,567 “L” headwords. 5 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for loin, with forms such as "lloin", "loinn", and "loni". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lui", "lol", "lot", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is loin, spelled L-O-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Se trouvant à une grande distance.
  2. 2
    Se situant à une période très antérieure ou très postérieure à l’instant présent.
  3. 3
    Avec excès.
  4. 4
    Profondément.
  5. 5
    Haut.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how loin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ces maisons sont loin d’ici.
  2. Nous sommes parents, mais de loin, nous sommes parents à un degré éloigné.

Synonyms

lointainéloigné

Antonyms

procheprès

This word in other languages

far(English)lejos(Español)weit(Deutsch)fora(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lloin
  • loinn
  • loni
  • olin

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of loin - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

lloin1loinn1loni2olin2
Edit distance from "loin"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "loin"?
"loin" is spelled L-O-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \lwɛ̃\.
What does "loin" mean?
As an adverb, "loin" means: Se trouvant à une grande distance.
What words are commonly confused with "loin"?
"loin" is commonly confused with "lui", "lol", "lot". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "loin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "loin" is \lwɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "loin" come from?
"loin" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "loin", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

idée#354nuit#356vont#357fils#337

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list