Which to use
“laverie” and “loterie” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,393
- “laverie” frequency rank
- #14,721
- “loterie” frequency rank
- 53114
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | laverie | loterie |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Endroit où on lave le minerai. | Sorte de jeu de hasard où l’on fait des mises, pour lesquelles on reçoit des billets portant des numéros : celui ou ceux de ces numéros qui sortent, lorsque le tirage a lieu, donnent droit à un lot, par exemple à la propriété d’un objet. |
Where the eye mixes laverie and loterie
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. laverie and loterie follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses laverie with loterie
A purely visual mix-up. laverie (\la.vʁi\) and loterie (\lɔt.ʁi\) 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 53114, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
laverie is recorded at frequency rank #38,393, classified as anoun, pronounced \la.vʁi\. loterie is at rank #14,721, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lɔt.ʁi\.
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 53114, this pair ranks #142,950 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of laverie vs loterie
Shared letters: eilr. Private to "laverie": av. Private to "loterie": ot.
"laverie" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "loterie" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "laverie" and "loterie" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "laverie" or "loterie" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "laverie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "loterie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #142,950 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "laverie" and "loterie" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "laverie vs literie". 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 #142,950 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.