Which to use
“ladies” is a noun and “lesdits” is a determiner - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,018
- “ladies” frequency rank
- #32,464
- “lesdits” frequency rank
- 61482
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ladies | lesdits |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de lady. | Masculin pluriel de ledit. |
Same sound, different letters: ladies vs lesdits
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. ladies runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against lesdits's 7 (CVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - ladies / lesdits
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: ladies and lesdits carry the same recorded pronunciation, \le.di\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other adeterminer, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61482, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ladies is recorded at frequency rank #29,018, classified as anoun, pronounced \le.di\. lesdits is at rank #32,464, tagged as adet, pronounced \le.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 61482, this pair ranks #92,015 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ladies vs lesdits
Shared letters: deils. Private to "ladies": a. Private to "lesdits": t.
"ladies" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "lesdits" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ladies" and "lesdits" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "ladies" or "lesdits"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "ladies" / "lesdits". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "ladies" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lesdits" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #92,015 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ladies" and "lesdits" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ladies vs laides". Nearby pair
- 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 #92,015 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.