Which to use
“limaces” and “limbes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,580
- “limaces” frequency rank
- #32,048
- “limbes” frequency rank
- 67628
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | limaces | limbes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de limace. | Lieu où étaient, suivant certains théologiens catholiques, les âmes de ceux qui étaient morts dans la grâce de Dieu avant la venue de Jésus-Christ, ou séjour des âmes des enfants morts sans baptême. |
Where the eye mixes limaces and limbes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. limaces runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against limbes's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: limaces vs limbes
A purely visual mix-up. limaces (\li.mas\) and limbes (\lɛ̃b\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67628, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
limaces is recorded at frequency rank #35,580, classified as anoun, pronounced \li.mas\. limbes is at rank #32,048, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lɛ̃b\.
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 67628, this pair ranks #62,580 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of limaces vs limbes
Shared letters: eilms. Private to "limaces": ac. Private to "limbes": b.
"limaces" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "limbes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "limaces" and "limbes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "limaces" or "limbes" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "limaces" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "limbes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #62,580 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "limaces" and "limbes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "limaces vs limes". 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 #62,580 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.