Which to use
“lens” and “LNH” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,866
- “lens” frequency rank
- #11,801
- “LNH” frequency rank
- 21667
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lens | LNH |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Lentille. | Ligue nationale de hockey sur glace, comptant des équipes canadiennes et américaines. |
Where the eye mixes lens and LNH
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between lens and LNH
A purely visual mix-up. lens (\ˈlɛnz\) and LNH (\ɛl.ɛn.aʃ\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21667, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lens is recorded at frequency rank #9,866, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈlɛnz\. LNH is at rank #11,801, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛl.ɛn.aʃ\.
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 21667, this pair ranks #362,036 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of lens vs LNH
Shared letters: ln. Private to "lens": es. Private to "LNH": h.
"lens" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "LNH" · 3 letters · shape CCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- lens ← elns · lenns · lenss · lesn · llens · lnes
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "lens" for "LNH" ever safe?
Frequency check: "lens" vs "LNH" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "lens" and "LNH" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "lens" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "LNH" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #362,036 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lens" and "LNH" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lep vs LNH". 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 #362,036 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.