louer

\lwe\

/\lwe\/ verb

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The verdict

“louer” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,955. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,955
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Donner à louage ou à loyer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-louer · louer · French

louer · rank #4,955 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,955
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH marchand

Nearest frequency peer: marchand (+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 « louer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « louer » 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).

louer vs lue
60% similar
louer vs love
60% similar
louer vs Loup
40% similar

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

Key facts for louer
PropertyValue
Headwordlouer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\lwe\
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,955
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « louer »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.louerse 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 « marchand » (#4,956), « libéré » (#4,953), « maréchal » (#4,957). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « louer » est au #4,955. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around louer (IPA \lwe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,955 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for louer, with forms such as "llouer", "loeur", and "louerr". 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, "lue", "love", "Loup", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is louer, spelled L-O-U-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Donner à louage ou à loyer.
  2. 2
    Prendre à louage ou à loyer.
  3. 3
    → voir se louer

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On voit, dit-il en goguenardant, que ces Messieurs arrivent de province. À Paris, la mode est passée de massacrer les aubergistes qui refusent de louer leurs chambres.
  2. Le penn-ty est un journalier à qui un propriétaire loue, ou bien à qui un fermier sous-loue une petite maison et quelques terres. À celui qui, ainsi, lui a fourni le moyen de subsister, le penn-ty doit une partie de son labeur.

This word in other languages

rent(English)alquilar(Español)vermieten(Deutsch)alugar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • llouer
  • loeur
  • louerr
  • loure
  • luoer
  • oluer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of louer - 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.

llouer1loeur2louerr1loure2luoer2oluer2
Edit distance from "louer"

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 "louer"?
"louer" is spelled L-O-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \lwe\.
What does "louer" mean?
As a verb, "louer" means: Donner à louage ou à loyer.
What words are commonly confused with "louer"?
"louer" is commonly confused with "lue", "love", "Loup". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "louer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "louer" is \lwe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "louer" come from?
"louer" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

panne#4,966délit#4,934robin#4,983roses#4,984

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

mienne6 variantsplay6 variantsford6 variantssols6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list