lervsloyerTell them apart

Which to use

“ler” and “loyer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#41,868
“ler” frequency rank
#5,262
“loyer” frequency rank
47130
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ler loyer
Definition Pin. Prix de la location d’une maison ou d’un appartement.

Letter map: ler vs loyer

Shared letters muted; letters that set ler and loyer apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. ler runs 3 letters (CVC) against loyer's 5 (CVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
ler
5 ch
loyer

Spelling & dictionary notes on ler vs loyer

ler and loyer are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47130, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ler is recorded at frequency rank #41,868, classified as anoun. loyer is at rank #5,262, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lwa.je\.

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 47130, this pair ranks #189,333 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ler vs loyer

Shared letters: elr. Private to "ler": -. Private to "loyer": oy.

"ler" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "loyer" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • loyer ← lloyer · loeyr · loyerr · loyre · loyyer · lyoer · olyer

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ler" for "loyer" ever safe?
No. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary French text, does "ler" or "loyer" show up more?
"loyer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,262 in our French list, against #41,868 for "ler". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "ler" and "loyer". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ler" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "loyer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #189,333 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ler" and "loyer" 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 #189,333 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