Which to use
“led” is a noun and “ledit” is a determiner - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,687
- “led” frequency rank
- #16,169
- “ledit” frequency rank
- 25856
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | led | ledit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Diode semiconductrice à jonction qui émet une lumière colorée ou blanche lorsqu’elle est traversée par un courant électrique. | Indique la personne ou la chose dont on a parlé, ou que l’on a mentionnée précédemment. |
Where the eye mixes led and ledit
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between led and ledit
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: led is \lɛd\ while ledit is \lə.di\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “led” sits inside “ledit”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs determiner), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25856, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
led is recorded at frequency rank #9,687, classified as anoun, pronounced \lɛd\. ledit is at rank #16,169, tagged as adet, pronounced \lə.di\.
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 25856, this pair ranks #338,481 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of led vs ledit
Shared letters: del. Private to "led": -. Private to "ledit": it.
"led" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "ledit" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- ledit ← eldit · ldeit · leddit · leditt · ledti · leidt · lledit
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "led" and "ledit" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "led" or "ledit"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "led" and "ledit" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "led" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ledit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #338,481 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "led" and "ledit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ledit vs liait". 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 #338,481 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.