lavslgWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: la is a article, lg is a symbol, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“la” is an article and “lg” is a symbol - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2
“la” frequency rank
#15,429
“lg” frequency rank
15431
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature la lg
Definition Féminin singulier de le. Détermine un groupe nominal féminin singulier. Code ISO 639-1 (alpha-2) du ganda.

Letter map: la vs lg

Shared letters muted; letters that set la and lg apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

2 ch
la
2 ch
lg

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: la is anarticle and lgasymbol. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “la” becomes g in “lg”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15431, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

la is recorded at frequency rank #2, classified as anarticle, pronounced \la\. lg is at rank #15,429, tagged as asymbol.

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 15431, this pair ranks #392,399 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of la vs lg

Shared letters: l. Private to "la": a. Private to "lg": g.

"la" · 2 letters · shape CV  ·  "lg" · 2 letters · shape CC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "la" and "lg" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "la" is an article and "lg" a symbol, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "la" or "lg"?
"la" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2 in our French list, against #15,429 for "lg". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list