Which to use
“lobbyiste” and “lobbyistes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,354
- “lobbyiste” frequency rank
- #33,760
- “lobbyistes” frequency rank
- 74114
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lobbyiste | lobbyistes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | personne engagée dans des activités de lobbying, de lobbyisme | Pluriel de lobbyiste. |
Same sound, different letters: lobbyiste vs lobbyistes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. lobbyiste runs 9 letters (CVCCVVCCV) against lobbyistes's 10 (CVCCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: lobbyiste vs lobbyistes
This is the hard kind. lobbyiste and lobbyistes are pronounced identically (\lɔ.bi.ist\) 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) - “lobbyiste” sits inside “lobbyistes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74114, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lobbyiste is recorded at frequency rank #40,354, classified as anoun, pronounced \lɔ.bi.ist\. lobbyistes is at rank #33,760, tagged as anoun, pronounced \lɔ.bi.ist\.
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 74114, this pair ranks #38,201 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of lobbyiste vs lobbyistes
Shared letters: beilosty. Private to "lobbyiste": -. Private to "lobbyistes": -.
"lobbyiste" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCCV · "lobbyistes" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- lobbyiste ← lbobyiste · llobbyiste · lobbiyste · lobbyiset · lobbyisste · lobbyistte · lobbyitse · lobbysite
- lobbyistes ← lbobyistes · llobbyistes · lobbiystes · lobbyisets · lobbyisstes · lobbyistess · lobbyistse · lobbyisttes
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "lobbyiste" / "lobbyistes". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "lobbyiste" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lobbyistes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #38,201 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- 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 #38,201 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.