Which to use
“le” is an article and “lure” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3
- “le” frequency rank
- #48,019
- “lure” frequency rank
- 48022
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | le | lure |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ce… dont on parle maintenant. Déterminant marquant un nom masculin singulier, référant à une seule entité possible dans un contexte. | Leurre. |
Where the eye mixes le and lure
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 lure is \lʊər\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (article vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48022, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
le is recorded at frequency rank #3, classified as anarticle, pronounced \lə\. lure is at rank #48,019, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lʊər\.
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 48022, this pair ranks #182,271 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of le vs lure
Shared letters: el. Private to "le": -. Private to "lure": ru.
"le" · 2 letters · shape CV · "lure" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- lure ← llure · lrue · lurre · ulre