Which to use
“lives” and “lobes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,896
- “lives” frequency rank
- #29,422
- “lobes” frequency rank
- 49318
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lives | lobes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de live. | Pluriel de lobe. |
Where the eye mixes lives and lobes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: lives vs lobes
A purely visual mix-up. lives (\lajv\) and lobes (\lɔb\) 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 49318, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lives is recorded at frequency rank #19,896, classified as anoun, pronounced \lajv\. lobes is at rank #29,422, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lɔb\.
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 49318, this pair ranks #171,678 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lives vs lobes
Shared letters: els. Private to "lives": iv. Private to "lobes": bo.
"lives" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "lobes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lives" and "lobes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "lives" or "lobes" 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 "lives" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lobes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #171,678 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lives" and "lobes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lobes vs lobo". 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 #171,678 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.