Which to use
“leur” is a determiner and “loud” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #72
- “leur” frequency rank
- #43,532
- “loud” frequency rank
- 43604
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | leur | loud |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est à eux ou à elles. | Fort. |
Where the eye mixes leur and loud
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. leur and loud follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: leur vs loud
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: leur is \lœʁ\ while loud is [laʊd]. 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 (determiner vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43604, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
leur is recorded at frequency rank #72, classified as adet, pronounced \lœʁ\. loud is at rank #43,532, tagged as anadj, pronounced [laʊd].
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 43604, this pair ranks #216,804 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of leur vs loud
Shared letters: lu. Private to "leur": er. Private to "loud": do.
"leur" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "loud" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "leur" for "loud" ever safe?
Which is more common, "leur" or "loud"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "leur" and "loud" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "leur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "loud" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #216,804 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "leur" and "loud" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lobo vs loud". 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 #216,804 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.