Which to use
“legs” and “logs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,929
- “legs” frequency rank
- #47,431
- “logs” frequency rank
- 64360
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | legs | logs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Don fait par testament ou par autre acte de dernière volonté. | Pluriel de log. |
Where the eye mixes legs and logs
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. legs and logs follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses legs with logs
A purely visual mix-up. legs (\lɛ\) and logs (\lɔɡ\) 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 a single letter - e in “legs” becomes o in “logs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64360, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
legs is recorded at frequency rank #16,929, classified as anoun, pronounced \lɛ\. logs is at rank #47,431, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lɔɡ\.
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 64360, this pair ranks #77,432 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of legs vs logs
Shared letters: gls. Private to "legs": e. Private to "logs": o.
"legs" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "logs" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "legs" and "logs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "legs" or "logs" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "legs" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "logs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #77,432 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "legs" and "logs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "logs vs longo". 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 #77,432 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.