legendvslogentTell them apart

Which to use

“legend” and “logent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#22,316
“legend” frequency rank
#38,400
“logent” frequency rank
60716
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature legend logent
Definition Participe présent de legen. Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de loger.

Where the eye mixes legend and logent

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. legend and logent follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
legend
6 ch
logent

Visual trap between legend and logent

A purely visual mix-up. legend (\ˈleːɡn̩t\) and logent (\lɔʒ\) 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 60716, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

legend is recorded at frequency rank #22,316, classified as averb, pronounced \ˈleːɡn̩t\. logent is at rank #38,400, tagged as averb, pronounced \lɔʒ\.

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 60716, this pair ranks #96,186 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of legend vs logent

Shared letters: egln. Private to "legend": d. Private to "logent": ot.

"legend" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC  ·  "logent" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • legend ← elgend · leegnd · legedn · legendd · legennd · leggend · legned · lgeend
  • logent ← lgoent · llogent · loegnt · logennt · logentt · logetn · loggent · lognet

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "legend" and "logent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ˈleːɡn̩t\ versus \lɔʒ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "legend" or "logent"?
"legend" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,316 in our French list, against #38,400 for "logent". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "legend" and "logent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "legend" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "logent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #96,186 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "legend" and "logent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "logent vs login". 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 #96,186 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