Which to use
“lésés” is a verb and “lose” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,943
- “lésés” frequency rank
- #34,601
- “lose” frequency rank
- 71544
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lésés | lose |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel de léser. | Variante de lauze. |
Letter map: lésés vs lose
Shared letters muted; letters that set lésés and lose apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. lésés runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against lose's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - lésés and lose
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: lésés is averb and loseanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71544, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lésés is recorded at frequency rank #36,943, classified as averb, pronounced \le.ze\. lose is at rank #34,601, 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 71544, this pair ranks #47,177 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of lésés vs lose
Shared letters: ls. Private to "lésés": é. Private to "lose": eo.
"lésés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "lose" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- lose ← llose · loes · losse · lsoe · olse
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "lésés" and "lose" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "lésés" or "lose"?
After this comparison
Pair "lésés" vs "lose" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "lésés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lose" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #47,177 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lésés" and "lose" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lésés vs leste". 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 #47,177 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.