lavéevslogéeWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#36,469
“lavée” frequency rank
#33,336
“logée” frequency rank
69805
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature lavée logée
Definition Féminin singulier de lavé. Féminin singulier de logé.

Where the eye mixes lavée and logée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. lavée and logée follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
lavée
5 ch
logée

Why the eye confuses lavée with logée

A purely visual mix-up. lavée (\la.ve\) and logée (\lɔ.ʒe\) 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 69805, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

lavée is recorded at frequency rank #36,469, classified as anadj, pronounced \la.ve\. logée is at rank #33,336, tagged as anadj, pronounced \lɔ.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 69805, this pair ranks #53,750 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of lavée vs logée

Shared letters: elé. Private to "lavée": av. Private to "logée": go.

"lavée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "logée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "lavée" and "logée" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\la.ve\ versus \lɔ.ʒe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "lavée" or "logée"?
"logée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,336 in our French list, against #36,469 for "lavée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "lavée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "logée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #53,750 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "lavée" and "logée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Lacey vs lavée". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #53,750 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