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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "lagon" for "login" ever safe?
Frequency check: "lagon" vs "login" - which ranks higher?
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.