LechvslocWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Lech is a name, loc is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Lech” is a name and “loc” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#47,423
“Lech” frequency rank
#27,508
“loc” frequency rank
74931
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Lech loc
Definition Prénom masculin. Loquet, serrure.

Letter map: Lech vs loc

Shared letters muted; letters that set Lech and loc apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
Lech
3 ch
loc

Part-of-speech tell for Lech / loc

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Lech is aname and locanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74931, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Lech is recorded at frequency rank #47,423, classified as aname, pronounced \lɛx\. loc is at rank #27,508, tagged as anoun.

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 74931, this pair ranks #35,602 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Lech vs loc

Shared letters: cl. Private to "Lech": eh. Private to "loc": o.

"Lech" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "loc" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Lechelch · lceh · lecch · lechh · lehc · llech

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Lech" for "loc" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Lech" is a name and "loc" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Lech" vs "loc" - which ranks higher?
"loc" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,508 in our French list, against #47,423 for "Lech". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "Lech" vs "loc" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Lech" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "loc" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #35,602 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Lech" and "loc" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Lech vs lep". 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 #35,602 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