Which to use
“lande” and “langue” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,265
- “lande” frequency rank
- #629
- “langue” frequency rank
- 24894
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lande | langue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Étendue de terre inculte et stérile. | Organe musculaire charnu et mobile, situé à l’intérieur de la bouche, et permettant de percevoir le sens du goût et d’articuler certains sons. |
Where the eye mixes lande and langue
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. lande runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against langue's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: lande vs langue
A purely visual mix-up. lande (\lɑ̃d\) and langue (\lɑ̃ɡ\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24894, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lande is recorded at frequency rank #24,265, classified as anoun, pronounced \lɑ̃d\. langue is at rank #629, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lɑ̃ɡ\.
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 24894, this pair ranks #343,966 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of lande vs langue
Shared letters: aeln. Private to "lande": d. Private to "langue": gu.
"lande" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "langue" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lande" and "langue" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "lande" vs "langue" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "lande" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "langue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #343,966 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lande" and "langue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lancet vs lande". 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 #343,966 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.