loue

\lu\

/\lu\/ verb

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The verdict

“loue” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #10,531) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#10,531
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de louer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-loue · loue · French

loue · rank #10,531 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,531
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH livraisons

Nearest frequency peer: livraisons (-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 « loue »

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

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « loue » 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).

loue vs Lu
25% similar
loue vs lui
50% similar
loue vs low
50% similar

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

Key facts for loue
PropertyValue
Headwordloue
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\lu\
Letters4
Frequency rank#10,531
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « loue »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).louese 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 « livraisons » (#10,530), « loyauté » (#10,532), « Lucy » (#10,533). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « loue » est au #10,531. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for loue is neighbouring look-alikes ("Lu", "lui", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced \lu\. Frequency #10,531 among 2,567 “L” headwords. 5 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for loue, with forms such as "lloue", "loeu", and "luoe". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Lu", "lui", "low", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 loue, spelled L-O-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de louer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de louer.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de louer.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de louer.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de louer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je loue toutes ces coïncidences, je m’émerveille de cette tuerie perpignanaise, j’ai envie de rire.
  2. Les censeurs royaux ayant délicatement découpé la figure du Pauvre dans le chef-d’œuvre découronné, décordialisé, le Christ ôté, le Roi très-chrétien se sentit la conscience en paix; et on loue beaucoup Sa Majesté d’avoir répliqué aux fanatiques qui ne pouvaient souffrir don Juan sur la scène française : « Mais il n’est pas récompensé !… »

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lloue
  • loeu
  • luoe
  • olue

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

lloue1loeu2luoe2olue2
Edit distance from "loue"

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 "loue"?
"loue" is spelled L-O-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \lu\.
What does "loue" mean?
As a verb, "loue" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de louer.
What words are commonly confused with "loue"?
"loue" is commonly confused with "Lu", "lui", "low". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "loue"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "loue" is \lu\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "loue" come from?
"loue" 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 "loue", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Lucy#10,533lier#10,528josh#10,525jobs#10,524

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list