Which to use
“lécher” and “lyncher” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,177
- “lécher” frequency rank
- #40,848
- “lyncher” frequency rank
- 56025
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lécher | lyncher |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Passer la langue sur quelque chose. | Exécuter sans jugement (d’après ce que les Américains du Nord appellent la loi de Lynch, la loi du talion). |
Where the eye mixes lécher and lyncher
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. lécher runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against lyncher's 7 (CVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: lécher vs lyncher
A purely visual mix-up. lécher (\le.ʃe\) and lyncher (\lɛ̃.ʃe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56025, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lécher is recorded at frequency rank #15,177, classified as averb, pronounced \le.ʃe\. lyncher is at rank #40,848, tagged as averb, pronounced \lɛ̃.ʃe\.
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 56025, this pair ranks #123,708 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lécher vs lyncher
Shared letters: cehlr. Private to "lécher": é. Private to "lyncher": ny.
"lécher" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "lyncher" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- lyncher ← llyncher · lnycher · lycnher · lynccher · lyncehr · lyncherr · lynchher · lynchre
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lécher" and "lyncher" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "lécher" or "lyncher" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "lécher" and "lyncher" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "lécher" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lyncher" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #123,708 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lécher" and "lyncher" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Larcher vs lyncher". 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 #123,708 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.