Which to use
“leger” and “légers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,883
- “leger” frequency rank
- #7,587
- “légers” frequency rank
- 40470
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | leger | légers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Léger, décontracté, qualifie un habillement. | Masculin pluriel de léger. |
Where the eye mixes leger and légers
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. leger runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against légers's 6 (CVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between leger and légers
A purely visual mix-up. leger (\leˈʒɛːɐ̯\) and légers (\le.ʒe\) 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 40470, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
leger is recorded at frequency rank #32,883, classified as anadj, pronounced \leˈʒɛːɐ̯\. légers is at rank #7,587, tagged as anadj, pronounced \le.ʒe\.
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 40470, this pair ranks #240,241 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of leger vs légers
Shared letters: eglr. Private to "leger": -. Private to "légers": sé.
"leger" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "légers" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- leger ← elger · leegr · legerr · legger · legre · lgeer · lleger
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "leger" and "légers" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "leger" or "légers"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "leger" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "légers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #240,241 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "leger" and "légers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "leger vs liker". 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 #240,241 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.