Which to use
“ler” is a noun and “leurs” is a determiner - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #41,868
- “ler” frequency rank
- #126
- “leurs” frequency rank
- 41994
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ler | leurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pin. | Troisième personne du pluriel. Qui sont à eux. Plusieurs possesseurs et plusieurs objets. |
Letter map: ler vs leurs
Shared letters muted; letters that set ler and leurs apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. ler runs 3 letters (CVC) against leurs's 5 (CVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for ler / leurs
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ler is anoun and leursadeterminer. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41994, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ler is recorded at frequency rank #41,868, classified as anoun. leurs is at rank #126, tagged as adet, pronounced \lœʁ\.
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 41994, this pair ranks #229,000 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ler vs leurs
Shared letters: elr. Private to "ler": -. Private to "leurs": su.
"ler" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "leurs" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- leurs ← elurs · lerus · leurrs · leurss · leusr · lleurs · luers
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ler" and "leurs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "ler" vs "leurs" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "ler" and "leurs".
- Full dictionary entry for "ler" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "leurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #229,000 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ler" and "leurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lep vs ler". 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 #229,000 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.