Which to use
“ler” and “lyre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,868
- “ler” frequency rank
- #30,253
- “lyre” frequency rank
- 72121
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ler | lyre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pin. | Cordophone portable à cordes pincées parallèles au chevalet, dont la caisse de résonance ne se prolonge pas par un manche, qui était en usage chez les anciens. |
Letter map: ler vs lyre
Shared letters muted; letters that set ler and lyre apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. ler runs 3 letters (CVC) against lyre's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - ler / lyre
ler and lyre 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72121, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ler is recorded at frequency rank #41,868, classified as anoun. lyre is at rank #30,253, tagged as anoun, pronounced \liʁ\.
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 72121, this pair ranks #45,120 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ler vs lyre
Shared letters: elr. Private to "ler": -. Private to "lyre": y.
"ler" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "lyre" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- lyre ← llyre · lrye · lyer · lyrre · lyyre · ylre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ler" for "lyre" ever safe?
Which is more common, "ler" or "lyre"?
What to do next
You've compared "ler" and "lyre". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "ler" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lyre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #45,120 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ler" and "lyre" 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 #45,120 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.