lagonvsloginWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“lagon” and “login” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#29,840
“lagon” frequency rank
#48,017
“login” frequency rank
77857
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lagon login
Definition Étendue d’eau à l’intérieur d’un atoll. Identifiant à fournir pour accéder à un système informatique, et associé à un utilisateur (ou à un type d’utilisateur) ; il est généralement protégé par un mot de passe.

Where the eye mixes lagon and login

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. lagon and login follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
lagon
5 ch
login

Look-alike desk: lagon vs login

A purely visual mix-up. lagon (\la.ɡɔ̃\) and login (\lɔ.ɡin\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77857, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lagon is recorded at frequency rank #29,840, classified as anoun, pronounced \la.ɡɔ̃\. login is at rank #48,017, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lɔ.ɡin\.

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 77857, this pair ranks #27,253 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of lagon vs login

Shared letters: glno. Private to "lagon": a. Private to "login": i.

"lagon" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "login" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • lagon ← algon · laggon · lagno · lagonn · laogn · lgaon · llagon
  • login ← lgoin · llogin · loggin · loginn · logni · olgin

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "lagon" for "login" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\la.ɡɔ̃\ versus \lɔ.ɡin\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "lagon" vs "login" - which ranks higher?
"lagon" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,840 in our French list, against #48,017 for "login". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "lagon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "login" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #27,253 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lagon" and "login" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "login vs loving". 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 #27,253 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list