Which to use
“langue” and “longe” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #629
- “langue” frequency rank
- #17,469
- “longe” frequency rank
- 18098
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | langue | longe |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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. | Longue corde pour le dressage des chevaux. |
Where the eye mixes langue and longe
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses langue with longe
A purely visual mix-up. langue (\lɑ̃ɡ\) and longe (\lɔ̃ʒ\) 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 18098, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
langue is recorded at frequency rank #629, classified as anoun, pronounced \lɑ̃ɡ\. longe is at rank #17,469, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lɔ̃ʒ\.
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 18098, this pair ranks #380,009 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of langue vs longe
Shared letters: egln. Private to "langue": au. Private to "longe": o.
"langue" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "longe" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "langue" and "longe" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "langue" or "longe" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "langue" and "longe" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "langue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "longe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #380,009 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "langue" and "longe" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "longe vs longo". 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 #380,009 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.