Which to use
“les” is an article and “lot” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7
- “les” frequency rank
- #3,017
- “lot” frequency rank
- 3024
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | les | lot |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de le ou la. | Portion d’un tout que l’on partage entre plusieurs personnes. Il se dit principalement en matière de succession. |
Where the eye mixes les and lot
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: les is \le\ while lot is \lo\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (article vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3024, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
les is recorded at frequency rank #7, classified as anarticle, pronounced \le\. lot is at rank #3,017, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lo\.
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 3024, this pair ranks #434,968 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of les vs lot
Shared letters: l. Private to "les": es. Private to "lot": ot.
"les" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "lot" · 3 letters · shape CVC