Which to use
“légion” is a noun and “Legros” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,410
- “légion” frequency rank
- #48,639
- “Legros” frequency rank
- 55049
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | légion | Legros |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Corps d’infanterie romaine ayant varié de quatre mille soldats sous la République romaine à six mille sous le Haut-Empire et environ mille au Bas-Empire, commandé par un légat de rang sénatorial. | Nom de famille. |
Where the eye mixes légion and Legros
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. légion (CVCVVC) and Legros (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses légion with Legros
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: légion is \le.ʒjɔ̃\ while Legros is \lə.ɡʁɔ\. 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 (noun vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55049, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
légion is recorded at frequency rank #6,410, classified as anoun, pronounced \le.ʒjɔ̃\. Legros is at rank #48,639, tagged as aname, pronounced \lə.ɡʁɔ\.
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 55049, this pair ranks #129,987 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of légion vs Legros
Shared letters: glo. Private to "légion": iné. Private to "Legros": ers.
"légion" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "Legros" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Legros ← elgros · leggros · legors · legross · legrros · legrso · lergos · lgeros
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "légion" and "Legros" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "légion" or "Legros" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "légion" and "Legros" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "légion" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Legros" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #129,987 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "légion" and "Legros" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "LeBron vs Legros". 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 #129,987 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.