Which to use
“ler” is a noun and “lues” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #41,868
- “ler” frequency rank
- #26,789
- “lues” frequency rank
- 68657
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ler | lues |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pin. | Féminin pluriel de lu. |
Letter map: ler vs lues
Shared letters muted; letters that set ler and lues apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. ler runs 3 letters (CVC) against lues's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for ler / lues
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ler is anoun and luesanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68657, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ler is recorded at frequency rank #41,868, classified as anoun. lues is at rank #26,789, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ly\.
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 68657, this pair ranks #58,248 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ler vs lues
Shared letters: el. Private to "ler": r. Private to "lues": su.
"ler" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "lues" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- lues ← leus · llues · luess · luse · ules
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ler" for "lues" ever safe?
Frequency check: "ler" vs "lues" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "ler" and "lues". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "ler" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #58,248 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ler" and "lues" 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 #58,248 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.