legervslogéeConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#32,883
“leger” frequency rank
#33,336
“logée” frequency rank
66219
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature leger logée
Definition Léger, décontracté, qualifie un habillement. Féminin singulier de logé.

Where the eye mixes leger and logée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. leger (CVCVC) and logée (CVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
leger
5 ch
logée

Look-alike desk: leger vs logée

A purely visual mix-up. leger (\leˈʒɛːɐ̯\) and logée (\lɔ.ʒe\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66219, 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\. logée is at rank #33,336, tagged as anadj, pronounced \lɔ.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 66219, this pair ranks #68,753 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of leger vs logée

Shared letters: egl. Private to "leger": r. Private to "logée": oé.

"leger" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "logée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • leger ← elger · leegr · legerr · legger · legre · lgeer · lleger

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "leger" and "logée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\leˈʒɛːɐ̯\ versus \lɔ.ʒe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "leger" or "logée"?
"leger" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,883 in our French list, against #33,336 for "logée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "leger" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "logée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #68,753 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "leger" and "logée" 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 #68,753 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