Which to use
“letter” is a noun and “Luther” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,407
- “letter” frequency rank
- #11,610
- “Luther” frequency rank
- 49017
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | letter | Luther |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Lettre, caractère. | Nom de famille allemand, surtout connu par Martin Luther. |
Where the eye mixes letter and Luther
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. letter and Luther follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: letter vs Luther
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: letter is \ˈlɛt.ə(ɹ)\ while Luther is \ly.tɛʁ\. 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 (noun vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49017, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
letter is recorded at frequency rank #37,407, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈlɛt.ə(ɹ)\. Luther is at rank #11,610, tagged as aname, pronounced \ly.tɛʁ\.
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 49017, this pair ranks #174,151 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of letter vs Luther
Shared letters: elrt. Private to "letter": -. Private to "Luther": hu.
"letter" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "Luther" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "letter" for "Luther" ever safe?
Frequency check: "letter" vs "Luther" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "letter" and "Luther" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "letter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Luther" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #174,151 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "letter" and "Luther" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "leste vs letter". 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 #174,151 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.