Which to use
“led” and “loi” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,687
- “led” frequency rank
- #300
- “loi” frequency rank
- 9987
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | led | loi |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Diode semiconductrice à jonction qui émet une lumière colorée ou blanche lorsqu’elle est traversée par un courant électrique. | Règle, obligations écrites, prescrites ou tacites, auxquelles les personnes se doivent de se conformer. |
Where the eye mixes led and loi
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.
Look-alike desk: led vs loi
A purely visual mix-up. led (\lɛd\) and loi (\lwa\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9987, 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\. loi is at rank #300, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lwa\.
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 9987, this pair ranks #414,661 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of led vs loi
Shared letters: l. Private to "led": de. Private to "loi": io.
"led" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "loi" · 3 letters · shape CVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "led" and "loi" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "led" or "loi" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "led" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "loi" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #414,661 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "led" and "loi" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "led vs lep". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #414,661 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.