Which to use
“le” is an article and “lep” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3
- “le” frequency rank
- #49,766
- “lep” frequency rank
- 49769
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | le | lep |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ce… dont on parle maintenant. Déterminant marquant un nom masculin singulier, référant à une seule entité possible dans un contexte. | Beau, agréable. |
Where the eye mixes le and lep
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: le is \lə\ while lep is \lɛːp\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “le” sits inside “lep”, and the parts of speech differ too (article vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49769, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
le is recorded at frequency rank #3, classified as anarticle, pronounced \lə\. lep is at rank #49,766, tagged as anadj, pronounced \lɛːp\.
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 49769, this pair ranks #167,996 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of le vs lep
Shared letters: el. Private to "le": -. Private to "lep": p.
"le" · 2 letters · shape CV · "lep" · 3 letters · shape CVC