légersvslogéesTell them apart

Quick tell: légers is a adjective, logées is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“légers” is an adjective and “logées” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#7,587
“légers” frequency rank
#44,550
“logées” frequency rank
52137
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature légers logées
Definition Masculin pluriel de léger. Participe passé féminin pluriel de loger.

Where the eye mixes légers and logées

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. légers (CVCVCC) and logées (CVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
légers
6 ch
logées

Look-alike desk: légers vs logées

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: légers is \le.ʒe\ while logées is \lɔ.ʒe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52137, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

légers is recorded at frequency rank #7,587, classified as anadj, pronounced \le.ʒe\. logées is at rank #44,550, tagged as averb, 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 52137, this pair ranks #149,902 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of légers vs logées

Shared letters: eglsé. Private to "légers": r. Private to "logées": o.

"légers" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC  ·  "logées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "légers" for "logées" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "légers" is an adjective and "logées" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "légers" or "logées"?
"légers" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,587 in our French list, against #44,550 for "logées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "légers" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "logées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #149,902 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "légers" and "logées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "logées vs logs". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #149,902 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