Which to use
“alourdir” and “alourdit” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,239
- “alourdir” frequency rank
- #44,293
- “alourdit” frequency rank
- 80532
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | alourdir | alourdit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Rendre lourd. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de alourdir. |
Where the eye mixes alourdir and alourdit
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. alourdir and alourdit follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses alourdir with alourdit
A purely visual mix-up. alourdir (\a.luʁ.diʁ\) and alourdit (\a.luʁ.di\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - r in “alourdir” becomes t in “alourdit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80532, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
alourdir is recorded at frequency rank #36,239, classified as averb, pronounced \a.luʁ.diʁ\. alourdit is at rank #44,293, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.luʁ.di\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 80532, this pair ranks #20,699 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of alourdir vs alourdit
Shared letters: adiloru. Private to "alourdir": -. Private to "alourdit": t.
"alourdir" · 8 letters · shape VCVVCCVC · "alourdit" · 8 letters · shape VCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "alourdir" and "alourdit" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "alourdir" or "alourdit" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "alourdir" and "alourdit" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "alourdir" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "alourdit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #20,699 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #20,699 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.