Which to use
“légère” is an adjective and “Lozère” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,019
- “légère” frequency rank
- #22,323
- “Lozère” frequency rank
- 25342
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | légère | Lozère |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de léger. | Département du sud de la France, faisant partie de la région administrative d'Occitanie, qui correspond à peu près à l’ancienne province du Gévaudan, et qui porte le numéro 48. |
Where the eye mixes légère and Lozère
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. légère and Lozère follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: légère vs Lozère
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: légère is \le.ʒɛʁ\ while Lozère is \lɔ.zɛʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25342, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
légère is recorded at frequency rank #3,019, classified as anadj, pronounced \le.ʒɛʁ\. Lozère is at rank #22,323, tagged as aname, pronounced \lɔ.zɛʁ\.
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 25342, this pair ranks #341,402 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of légère vs Lozère
Shared letters: elrè. Private to "légère": gé. Private to "Lozère": oz.
"légère" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "Lozère" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "légère" for "Lozère" ever safe?
Frequency check: "légère" vs "Lozère" - which ranks higher?
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 "légère" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Lozère" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #341,402 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "légère" and "Lozère" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lovers vs Lozère". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #341,402 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.