Which to use
“lo” and “lot” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,119
- “lo” frequency rank
- #3,017
- “lot” frequency rank
- 11136
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lo | lot |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Année. | Portion d’un tout que l’on partage entre plusieurs personnes. Il se dit principalement en matière de succession. |
Same sound, different letters: lo vs lot
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 2 letters.
Homophone desk: lo vs lot
This is the hard kind. lo and lot are pronounced identically (\lo\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “lo” sits inside “lot”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11136, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lo is recorded at frequency rank #8,119, classified as anoun, pronounced \lo\. lot is at rank #3,017, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lo\.
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 11136, this pair ranks #410,330 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of lo vs lot
Shared letters: lo. Private to "lo": -. Private to "lot": t.
"lo" · 2 letters · shape CV · "lot" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "lo" for "lot" ever safe?
Which is more common, "lo" or "lot"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "lo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lot" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #410,330 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lo" and "lot" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lo vs lobo". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #410,330 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.