looser

\lu.zœʁ\

/\lu.zœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“looser” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,194. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,194
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de loser.

Corpus desk

Index FR-looser · looser · French

looser · rank #49,194 · 7 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #49,194
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH liker

Nearest frequency peer: liker (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « looser »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « looser » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

looser vs lose
67% similar
looser vs louer
67% similar
looser vs loyer
67% similar

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

Key facts for looser
PropertyValue
Headwordlooser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\lu.zœʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#49,194
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « looser »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.looserse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « liker » (#49,193), « Loretta » (#49,195), « leste » (#49,192). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « looser » est au #49,194. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around looser (IPA \lu.zœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,194 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Variante de loser.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for looser, with forms such as "llooser", "looesr", and "looserr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "lose", "louer", "loyer", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is looser, spelled L-O-O-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante de loser.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. J’ai vraiment cru, à un moment, que j’étais ce looser sans ambitions et sans volonté dont tu me parlais. Je me suis presque convaincu que j’étais ce type là.
  2. Ce qui me rend malade ce n’est pas que tu puisses te taper cette guenon, mais qu’un looser de ton espèce puisse ainsi me prendre pour une conne en draguant sans retenue n’importe quoi.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • llooser
  • looesr
  • looserr
  • loosre
  • loosser
  • losoer
  • oloser

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of looser - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

llooser1looesr2looserr1loosre2loosser1losoer2oloser2
Edit distance from "looser"

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 "looser"?
"looser" is spelled L-O-O-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \lu.zœʁ\.
What does "looser" mean?
As a noun, "looser" means: Variante de loser.
What words are commonly confused with "looser"?
"looser" is commonly confused with "lose", "louer", "loyer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "looser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "looser" is \lu.zœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "looser" come from?
"looser" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Lussac#49,196magret#49,201Lacour#49,184Jewish#49,172

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

liker7 variantsleste7 variantsmambo7 variantsmondo7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list