Which to use
“lettres” and “leurres” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,295
- “lettres” frequency rank
- #39,876
- “leurres” frequency rank
- 41171
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lettres | leurres |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | La littérature ou la culture. | Pluriel de leurre. |
Where the eye mixes lettres and leurres
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. lettres (CVCCCVC) and leurres (CVVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: lettres vs leurres
A purely visual mix-up. lettres (\lɛtʁ\) and leurres (\lœʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41171, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lettres is recorded at frequency rank #1,295, classified as anoun, pronounced \lɛtʁ\. leurres is at rank #39,876, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lœʁ\.
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 41171, this pair ranks #235,094 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lettres vs leurres
Shared letters: elrs. Private to "lettres": t. Private to "leurres": u.
"lettres" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC · "leurres" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lettres" and "leurres" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "lettres" or "leurres" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "lettres" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "leurres" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #235,094 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lettres" and "leurres" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "leurres vs loutres". 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 #235,094 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.