lose

noun

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The verdict

“lose” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,601. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,601
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-lose · lose · French

lose · rank #34,601 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,601
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH loki

Nearest frequency peer: loki (-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 « lose »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « lose » 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).

lose vs LS
0% similar
lose vs lot
50% similar
lose vs lou
50% similar

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

Key facts for lose
PropertyValue
Headwordlose
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#34,601
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « lose »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « loki » (#34,600), « lurette » (#34,602), « lutteur » (#34,603). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « lose » est au #34,601. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around lose, anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,601 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Variante de lauze.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for lose, with forms such as "llose", "loes", and "losse". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "LS", "lot", "lou", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is lose, spelled L-O-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante de lauze.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Et soudain, sur le bitume de la route, sur les toits d’ardoise, sur les loses jaunes et grises, la pluie s’abat de nouveau en crépitant.
  2. La couverture de tous ces toits est actuellement en loses grossières.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • llose
  • loes
  • losse
  • lsoe
  • olse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lose - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

llose1loes2losse1lsoe2olse2
Edit distance from "lose"

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 "lose"?
"lose" is spelled L-O-S-E.
What does "lose" mean?
As a noun, "lose" means: Variante de lauze.
What words are commonly confused with "lose"?
"lose" is commonly confused with "LS", "lot", "lou". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "lose" come from?
"lose" 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 "lose", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

loki#34,600Jouy#34,591hung#34,563oder#34,643

Similar misspelling depth

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

ouch5 variantsrana5 variantsseal5 variantsshui5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list