ler vs lui, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“ler” is a noun and “lui” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#41,868
“ler” frequency rank: #68
“lui” frequency rank: 41936
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	ler	lui
Definition	Pin.	Pronom clitique de la troisième personne du singulier épicène du complément d’objet indirect.

Letter map: ler vs lui

Shared letters muted; letters that set ler and lui apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch

ler

3 ch

lui

Grammar separator: ler vs lui

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ler is anoun and luiapronoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41936, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ler is recorded at frequency rank #41,868, classified as anoun. lui is at rank #68, tagged as apron, pronounced \lɥi\.

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 41936, this pair ranks #229,452 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ler vs lui

Shared letters: l. Private to "ler": er. Private to "lui": iu.

"ler" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "lui" · 3 letters · shape CVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "ler" and "lui" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ler" is a noun and "lui" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Frequency check: "ler" vs "lui" - which ranks higher?

"lui" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #68 in our French list, against #41,868 for "ler". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pair "ler" vs "lui" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

Full dictionary entry for "ler" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "lui" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #229,452 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"ler" and "lui" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lep vs ler". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #229,452 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.