les vs Los, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“les” is an article and “Los” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#7
“les” frequency rank: #3,148
“Los” frequency rank: 3155
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	les	Los
Definition	Pluriel de le ou la.	Destin.

Letter map: les vs Los

Shared letters muted; letters that set les and Los apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch

les

3 ch

Los

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: les is anarticle and Losanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - e in “les” becomes o in “Los”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3155, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

les is recorded at frequency rank #7, classified as anarticle, pronounced \le\. Los is at rank #3,148, tagged as anoun.

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 3155, this pair ranks #434,653 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of les vs Los

Shared letters: ls. Private to "les": e. Private to "Los": o.

"les" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "Los" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "les" and "Los" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "les" is an article and "Los" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "les" or "Los"?

"les" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7 in our French list, against #3,148 for "Los". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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Full dictionary entry for "les" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "Los" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #434,653 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"les" and "Los" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lobo vs Los". Nearby pair

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