Which to use
“lettre” and “lotte” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,002
- “lettre” frequency rank
- #36,474
- “lotte” frequency rank
- 37476
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lettre | lotte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Chacun des caractères d’un alphabet représentant un son, voyelle ou consonne. | Poisson de rivière, et des lacs européens, à plusieurs barbillons, appartenant aux gadiformes, de nom scientifique Lota lota. |
Where the eye mixes lettre and lotte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. lettre runs 6 letters (CVCCCV) against lotte's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: lettre vs lotte
A purely visual mix-up. lettre (\lɛtʁ\) and lotte (\lɔt\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37476, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lettre is recorded at frequency rank #1,002, classified as anoun, pronounced \lɛtʁ\. lotte is at rank #36,474, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lɔt\.
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 37476, this pair ranks #262,245 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lettre vs lotte
Shared letters: elt. Private to "lettre": r. Private to "lotte": o.
"lettre" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV · "lotte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "lettre" for "lotte" ever safe?
Frequency check: "lettre" vs "lotte" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "lettre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lotte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #262,245 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lettre" and "lotte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "leste vs lotte". 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 #262,245 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.