Which to use
“lice” and “lure” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,965
- “lice” frequency rank
- #48,019
- “lure” frequency rank
- 62984
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lice | lure |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Palissade, en particulier celle qui délimite le champ clos préparé pour les jeux et exercices équestres, les joutes, tournois, etc. | Leurre. |
Where the eye mixes lice and lure
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. lice and lure follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: lice vs lure
A purely visual mix-up. lice (\lis\) and lure (\lʊər\) 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 62984, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lice is recorded at frequency rank #14,965, classified as anoun, pronounced \lis\. lure is at rank #48,019, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lʊər\.
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 62984, this pair ranks #84,243 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of lice vs lure
Shared letters: el. Private to "lice": ci. Private to "lure": ru.
"lice" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "lure" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lice" and "lure" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "lice" or "lure"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "lice" and "lure" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "lice" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lure" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #84,243 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lice" and "lure" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lar 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 #84,243 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.