Which to use
“leurs” is a determiner and “lueur” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #126
- “leurs” frequency rank
- #14,724
- “lueur” frequency rank
- 14850
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | leurs | lueur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel. Qui sont à eux. Plusieurs possesseurs et plusieurs objets. | Lumière faible ou affaiblie. |
Where the eye mixes leurs and lueur
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. leurs (CVVCC) and lueur (CVVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: leurs vs lueur
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: leurs is \lœʁ\ while lueur is \lɥœʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (determiner vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14850, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
leurs is recorded at frequency rank #126, classified as adet, pronounced \lœʁ\. lueur is at rank #14,724, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lɥœʁ\.
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 14850, this pair ranks #394,944 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of leurs vs lueur
Shared letters: elru. Private to "leurs": s. Private to "lueur": -.
"leurs" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "lueur" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "leurs" for "lueur" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "leurs" or "lueur" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "leurs" and "lueur" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "leurs" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lueur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #394,944 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "leurs" and "lueur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "loueurs vs lueur". 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 #394,944 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.