Which to use
“langer” and “longer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,889
- “langer” frequency rank
- #34,166
- “longer” frequency rank
- 73055
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | langer | longer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mettre une couche à un bébé. | Passer le long de. |
Where the eye mixes langer and longer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. langer and longer follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses langer with longer
A purely visual mix-up. langer (\lɑ̃.ʒe\) and longer (\lɔ̃.ʒe\) 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 a single letter - a in “langer” becomes o in “longer”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73055, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
langer is recorded at frequency rank #38,889, classified as averb, pronounced \lɑ̃.ʒe\. longer is at rank #34,166, tagged as averb, pronounced \lɔ̃.ʒe\.
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 73055, this pair ranks #41,780 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of langer vs longer
Shared letters: eglnr. Private to "langer": a. Private to "longer": o.
"langer" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "longer" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "langer" and "longer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "langer" or "longer" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "langer" and "longer" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "langer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "longer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #41,780 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "langer" and "longer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "langer vs linges". 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 #41,780 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.