Which to use
“leurre” and “lourde” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,184
- “leurre” frequency rank
- #4,775
- “lourde” frequency rank
- 24959
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | leurre | lourde |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Morceau de cuir rouge en forme d’oiseau, dont les fauconniers se servaient pour appeler les oiseaux de fauconnerie lorsqu’ils ne revenaient pas au réclame. | Porte. |
Where the eye mixes leurre and lourde
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. leurre and lourde follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between leurre and lourde
A purely visual mix-up. leurre (\lœʁ\) and lourde (\luʁd\) 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 24959, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
leurre is recorded at frequency rank #20,184, classified as anoun, pronounced \lœʁ\. lourde is at rank #4,775, tagged as anoun, pronounced \luʁd\.
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 24959, this pair ranks #343,567 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of leurre vs lourde
Shared letters: elru. Private to "leurre": -. Private to "lourde": do.
"leurre" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "lourde" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "leurre" and "lourde" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "leurre" or "lourde" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "leurre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lourde" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #343,567 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "leurre" and "lourde" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "leurre vs lure". 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 #343,567 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.