lavevslogeWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#5,996
“lave” frequency rank
#8,120
“loge” frequency rank
14116
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lave loge
Definition , Roche en fusion rejetée par un volcan en éruption. Petite cabane, cabanon, hutte.

Where the eye mixes lave and loge

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
lave
4 ch
loge

Look-alike desk: lave vs loge

A purely visual mix-up. lave (\lav\) and loge (\lɔʒ\) 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 14116, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lave is recorded at frequency rank #5,996, classified as anoun, pronounced \lav\. loge is at rank #8,120, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lɔʒ\.

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 14116, this pair ranks #398,119 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of lave vs loge

Shared letters: el. Private to "lave": av. Private to "loge": go.

"lave" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "loge" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • lavealve · laev · lavve · llave · lvae
  • logelgoe · lloge · loeg · logge · olge

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "lave" and "loge" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\lav\ versus \lɔʒ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "lave" or "loge"?
"lave" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,996 in our French list, against #8,120 for "loge". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "lave" and "loge" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "lave" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "loge" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #398,119 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lave" and "loge" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "loge 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 #398,119 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